Chinese National Weightlifting Championships concluded on May 21 has seen many young talents springing up and even presented world-record level performances. The state broadcaster CCTV shows its great interest in and full support to the Championships as it always did to Chinese weightlifting...
The second day in Tashkent moved on with the categories Men 61 KG, divided in 2 groups (A and B) and Women 55 KG Group A. Men 61 kg Group A In the Group’s A opening, in Snatch, the Gold medal went to Sergio Massidda (ITA) with a lift of 129 KG.
After a long wait, a successful opening day of one of the last qualifying championships for Tokyo 2020 took place. The IWF Junior World Championships in Tashkent had 3 bodyweight categories in action on the first day.
The excitement is palpable in Tashkent. As a result of the great organisation by the Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation, the Yunusabad Sport Complex is ready for the competition in less than one day.
Last week Cali hosted the South American, Ibero-American and OPEN Senior Championships. This competition had been postponed from March 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and it has been one of the last chances to gain qualifying points for the Olympic Games.
The IWF Coaching and Research Committee met on May 10, 2021 for most likely the last meeting of the mandate. Because of the Covid-pandemic the work of the IWF CRC has been hindered as planned world-wide roll-out of the IWF Coaching Education system cannot take place...
The team that will represent Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics will comprise about 80 athletes who will participate in the 10 sporting events the country qualified for. The events Team Nigeria will participate in include wrestling...
THE ITA ASSERTS APPARENT ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATION AGAINST BRAZILIAN WEIGHTLIFTER THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA), ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION (IWF), ASSERTS AN APPARENT ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATION AGAINST BRAZILIAN WIEGHTLIFTER NATHASHA ROSA FIGUEIREDO.
Imagine being a female weightlifter so gifted and well-trained that you managed to beat out the best of the best in your country, only to make it to the 2020 Olympics and be forced to compete against a man.
