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The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) and the Board of ICAS held a meeting in Budapest this week. Dr Tamas Ajan, President of the International Weightlifting Federation was invited to the prestigious event...

A two-day seminar for coaches and referees was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18th of October 2019, in the framework of the IWF Development Program. The meeting started with the opening speech of Mr Nedim Masic...

We congratulate the Organizing Committee for delivering an excellent World Championships in a special situation – without Thai athletes following TAWA’s voluntarily and irrevocable undertaking not to participate with athletes at any IWF events...

This years edition of the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships takes place on 19-27 October in Pyongyang, DPR Korea. At the Youth event, an equal number of women and men athletes will participate...

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.