A 10-member weightlifting team is in Saturday leaving for South Korea to undergo special training for the 13th South Asian Games slated for December 1-10 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee today announced that standout performances from triple jumper Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Georgia), weightlifter Kate Nye (Oakland Township,...
The Lima Grand Prix will be one of the highlights of the IWF calendar getting closer to the end of 2019, 8-10 November and will take place at Coliseum Eduardo Dibos in Lima. The competition is organized by the Peruvian Federation with International Weightlifting Federation and Government support.
Pyrros Dimas, three times Olympic Champion and the most decorated weightlifter ever, celebrates his birthday today! He won his first Olympic Gold in 1992 for Greece in the 82,5kg bodyweight category, then was crowned again at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000.
THE CNMI Weightlifting Federation is seeking a student participant for the Oceania Talent Identification Program or OTIP, which aims to create interest in weightlifting among Pacific Island youth. John Davis...
You knew it had to happen sooner or later. It's bad enough that biological males are beating biological females in races, both in high school and college. It's bad enough when biological males are beating biological females in weightlifting contests, setting new world records in the process.
The IWF reports that as a consequence of the International Olympic Committee’s re-analysis program in connection with the 2012 London Olympic Games, the urine sample of the following Athlete has returned Adverse Analytical Finding...
The Nepal Weightlifting Association, on Friday, picked up 20 lifters for the 13th South Asian Games slated for December 1-10 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.
Last week’s women’s 71kg A session at the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships made history. Kate Nye set a new Junior World Record and became the youngest American woman to be crowned World Champion.
The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) has a new director. Long-standing track and field administrator Esther Maynard has been replaced on the board by Shelley-Ann Griffith. Griffith, who has been involved in sports administration at various levels of schools...
The IWF maintained its emphasis on educating athletes about Anti-doping, and in particular their rights and responsibilities, with a range of activities linked to the #iLiftCLEAN campaign. Now a mainstay of the activities for athletes and their entourages at the IWF World Championships...
The President of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, Marcus Stephen turned 50 today! Mr Stephen was a fire starter in Oceania weightlifting when he was identified as a talented young athlete at the age of 16.
The Olympic and multiple World Champion, Georgian title defender, TALAKHADZE Lasha won the +109kg bodyweight category competition with a fantastic performance at the last day of the 2019 IWF World Championships.
