The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has welcomed a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to largely uphold the suspension of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Federation. The suspension followed extensive anti-doping rule violations by Thai weightlifters in 2018.
The IWF reports that the ITA has asserted an anti-doping rule violation against Mr. Rinat KIREEV (RUS) under Article 2.2 of the IWF Anti-Doping Rules. The asserted ADRV is based on investigations conducted...
The IWF reports that the ITA has asserted an anti-doping rule violation against Ms. Ekaterina KATINA (RUS) under Article 2.2 of the IWF Anti-Doping Rules. The athlete is provisionally suspended with immediate effect until the resolution of the proceedings.
After decision of the IWF Executive Board, the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between 21-31 May 2021.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board today announced key outcomes of recent meetings, affecting Olympic Qualifying, governance reform and anti-doping. On Olympic qualifying...
Due to the global pandemic situation, Lesotho could not organize the seminar within IWF Development Program in person, but fortunately they were able to do it virtually. Mr. Milan Mihajlovic, IWF TC Member was glad to give online lectures to show participants the world of Technical Officials.
Exactly 130 years ago, the first world weightlifting championships was held in London in 1891. At that time, the organization of the event needed a shorter time as today as only 7 athletes competed from 6 countries.
The Malta Weightlifting Association will be representing Malta in the European Championships in Russia next week with Yazmin Zammit Stevens and Tenishia Thornton not only looking to gain a prestigious...
The IWF Women’s Commission is organizing its second Female Focus webinar on 26 March 2021 at 9PM CET after the first successful Female Focus webinar. The webinar will be held on Zoom and can also be followed at the IWF YouTube Channel during and after the webinar.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) were today informed by the Japanese parties in the five-parties meeting about their conclusion regarding overseas spectators at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer.