Dear Fellow Athletes Hope you are doing well and we wonder how you are spending your days at troubled times like this. No one could ever have begun to imagine how bewildered and irritated you are that you are losing your opportunity to train like you used to...
IWF reports that the sample of Mr. Al Ajmi Murshid Mohamed Murshid (OMA) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Oxandrolone metabolite 18-noroxandrolone (S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids). As a consequence...
Following hearings and the careful consideration of relevant evidence, the Independent Member Federation Sanctions Panel (IMFSP) has imposed disciplinary sanctions on the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association and Malaysian Weightlifting Federation.
The Pan American Weightlifting Federation held an online Executive Board meeting, where among other discussions related to the problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, they decided to postpone the Pan American Youth Championships that was due to be held 23-28 June 2020.
The Chinese Weightlifting Association is donating masks to the Member Federations of the IWF and weightlifting organizations of countries that are severely-affected by COVID-19, to help the fight against the virus.
IWF welcomes Tokyo 2020 decision to schedule Olympic Games from 23 July – 8 August 2021 Following today’s announcement of the revised dates for Tokyo 2020, the IWF has expressed its full support for the successful staging of the Olympic Games.
Canada’s renowned weightlifting coach, Ron Greavette has suddenly passed away on 21 March 2020. Mr Greavette was the President of the Canadian Weightlifting Federation between 1989 and 1994; he was the team leader at the 1992 Olympic Games...
The Zhangkong Barbell company has offered 5000 medical masks to the weightlifting family to help to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. In co-operation with the IWF Secretariat, Zhangkong Barbell will distribute the masks to the National Federations by airmail, on its own cost.
