Rome, Italy – January 31, 2020 – The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board today voted decisively to appoint Professor Richard H. McLaren to independently investigate allegations of impropriety surrounding President Dr.
Turkish Weightlifting Federation organized an Anti-Doping and Scientific Seminar within the 2019 IWF Development Program. The 3-days seminar taking place in Antalya, Turkey aimed to educate the Turkish coaches who were present with an amazing 157 people.
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) yesterday announced that for the first time in the history of the Games, hydrogen will be used to power both the Olympic and Paralympic Cauldrons in Tokyo and the Torch during part of its journey through Japan.
A 5-day IWF-IOC Solidarity Coaching course was held in Tirana, Albania. The successful theoretical and practical course was attended by 20 coaches from Albania and Kosovo. The keynote speaker was Tamas Feher.
Doha, 22 January 2020; Meeting in Doha yesterday, an extraordinary meeting of the IWF Executive Board (EB) responded to allegations made by a television report that aired on Germany’s ARD, and acted decisively to restore the IWF’s reputation.
When Koroush Valiseh was 16, he fled war-torn Iran with his family and found a home in West London. But Koroush took with him his native love for weightlifting and wrestling – the Iranian national sport.
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: Mr.
