The Czech Weightlifting Federation organized a Coaching Seminar within the framework of the IWF Development Program at the Masaryk University in Brno, 28 -30 June 2019. On the same day, unique three-days event called CZECH WEIGHTLIFTING OPEN(CWO) 2019 also started.
The weightlifting sessions will be ongoing from 9 to 14 July in Apia, Samoa at the biggest Pacific Games in history. Prior to the competition, Oceania Weightlifting Federation held its annual Congress with the participation of 19 Member Federations...
By Kevin Farley The first day of competition of READY STEADY TOKYO 2020 Olympic Games Test Event produced high drama and new world records as dozens of athletes lifted on the same stage where next year’s Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association welcomed the IWF delegation for a Technical visit in preparation of the 2019 IWF World Championships in the capital city of Thailand recently. The IWF inspected the venues in Pattaya...
The test event – also serving as a Silver Level Qualification event – for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games weightlifting competition begins this weekend at the Tokyo International Forum. The training hall...
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was only 11 when she won her first-ever competitive gold medal. The weightlifting champion, who made her debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was faced with bitter disappointment when she was only one of two lifters who did not finish at the entry-level category.
Egypt’s Minister of Education honoured Rania Mohamed Ezzat, the Egyptian junior weightlifting champion, who recently made history by winning first place in the IWF Junior World Championships, bagging three medals–two golds and one silver in Suva, Fiji last month.
