After thorough consideration and by prioritizing the health and safety of our young lifters, it is with great sadness we announce the cancellation of the IWF Youth World Championships in its original form, due to the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 22nd August 2020, the Pan American Weightlifting Federation will held the inauguration ceremony of its Hall of Fame. PAWF together with the Cuban Olympic Committee invites everyone to join virtually the ceremony which will be lively broadcasted from Havana.
To educate a wider weightlifting community, IWF together with the IWF Technical Committee is introducing a new opportunity for all French, Russian and Arabic speaker Technical Officials.
The IWF and ITA wish to provide all IWF Member Federations with an opportunity to nominate one (1) candidate to the IWF Anti-Doping Commission (ADC).
IWF reports that the sample of Ms Tatiyana ALEEVA (RUS) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for metabolite of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT) (S1.1.a Exogenous Anabolic Steroid). As a consequence...
This past weekend – 24 and 25 July – the Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) organized the Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament on the original starting date of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) unveiled the 2020 inductees to PAWF Hall of Fame. Drawn from the ranks of athletes, coaches, technical officials, and leaders, the inductees are true luminaries of the sport.
With the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 postponed until 2021, the IOC, the IPC and Airbnb will bring the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics online with a curated programme of activities hosted by athletes for the first time in history.
IWF is opening up the nomination process for its Athletes’ Commission. In order to fulfill the IWF Constitution and By-laws, the IWF has the responsibility to give athletes a voice in its governance and decision making process, as athletes are the building blocks of the sport itself.
After the cancellation and postponement of many IWF events in the first part of the year, sadly it has been announced by the corresponding Organizing Committees that more IWF Events shall be cancelled or postponed due to the virus.
Nobody would have thought at the beginning of the year that almost all events and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have to be cancelled or postponed due to a world pandemic. To build on the hiatus of events during the COVID-19 Pandemic...
