The Extraordinary General Assembly held this Saturday, February 13, at the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee, has re-elected Constantino Iglesias as president of the Royal Spanish Weightlifting Federation for the period 2021-2024.
After the postponement of 2021 the IWF Junior World Championships from March 2021 the dates have been finalized and the Event will be held between 20-31 May 2021. The updated program of the Competition is planned as follows...
Moscow, 13 February 2021 (MTI/TASS) Yuri Vlasov (Soviet Union) Olympic weightlifting champion of the Rome Olympic Games in 1960 passed away at the age of 85. TASS reported on his passing on Saturday.
The Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) is composed of five independent members from five different continents, which were recommended by the IWF Continental Federations and ratified by the IWF Executive Board (EB).
The IWF Executive Board met on 5 February to address concerns expressed by the IOC and has approved a number of key actions, including the adoption of eligibility criteria aimed at ensuring high standards of governance for the forthcoming IWF elections.
Dr. Mike Molloy is a nutrition coach who has worked with professional athletes including Icelandic weightlifter and CrossFit athlete Sara Sigmundsdottir, CrossFitter and UK's fittest man Zack George...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Commitee (Tokyo 2020) today published the first playbook, a resource which outlines...
15-year old weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has been named as the first winner of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year. She won this prestigious award after a combined vote by a panel of three sports journalists and a public vote which was held online over the past weeks.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been informed today by the International Testing Agency (ITA) of the conclusion of the anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) procedure for two Romanian weightlifters Gabriel SINCRAIAN and Razvan MARTIN.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) has launched its own doping reporting platform called ‘Reveal’ in order to offer additional opportunities to report doping offences. Reveal allows for suspicions to be disclosed in complete confidentiality.
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