“Clean weightlifters continue to pay a woefully heavy price for inadequate governance and for those — from a relatively limited number of countries — who tried to take shortcuts to success at London 2012 and Beijing 2008.
by Marianne Huebner, David Meltzer, Wenjuan Ma, Holly Arrow
BackgroundOlympic weightlifting requires strength, speed, and explosive power. Vigorous physical activity such as Olympic weightlifting...
The National Weightlifting Federation of Turkmenistan held the Open Championship of Turkmenistan between November 25-28, 2020, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan.
In 2021, the IWF Junior World Championships will be held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 5-18 March 2021. The program of the Competition: 5 March 2021 Arrival 6 March 2021 IWF Committee Meetings...
It is with great sadness that we have learned from yesterday’s announcement of British Weight Lifting that David Prowse, former international weightlifter of Great Britain and Star Wars actor passed away this weekend.
Britsh actor and former weightlifter Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader in Star Wars, has died aged 85 following a short illness.
Star Wars actor Dave Prowse, best known for portraying Darth Vader in the original sci-fi trilogy, has died at the age of 85.
The Nordic Weightlifting Federation is holding its Senior Championships this weekend – 28 and 29 November 2020 – in an online format due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Competition will be held according...
The 9th edition of the magazine of the South American Weightlifting Confederation presents a summary of activities of the last semester, including the first Virtual Congress, the participation of South...
The Oceania Weightlifting Federation is holding its next online real-time competition, the 2020 OWF Cup online tournament between 5th and 6th December 2020. After the Eleiko Email Tournament and the...
The First IWF Online Youth World Cup has successfully concluded, with an online closing ceremony marking the end of eight days of competition. Hosted by the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation, together with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the Peruvian Institute for Sport...
