International Weightlifting Federation
Athletes from 22 nations are ready to take part in the 2023 edition of the Pan-American Weightlifting Championships, taking place from March 25-April 2 in Bariloche, Argentina. This event assumes a special importance this year...
International Weightlifting Federation
Coaches will not be able to work in the sport without a licence when a new programme comes into operation after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and will be held more responsible for doping violations. National Federations will also be required to sign up to the programme...
International Weightlifting Federation
At the end of the first deadline (March 1, 2023) to express interest in hosting the IWF World Championships 2024, five preliminary candidates from three continents sent their application to the IWF: Albania, Armenia, Bahrein, Peru and Venezuela.
International Weightlifting Federation
Forty years ago, in Moscow (RUS), the IWF Executive Board took a decision that would change the face of weightlifting: the acknowledgment that our International Federation needed to rule also on women competing in the sport.
Business Standard
Tokyo Olympic Games silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has bagged the 2022 'BBC Indian Sportswoman Of The Year' award after a public vote.
The 28-year-old weightlifter from Manipur became the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after bagging it in 2021 as well.
International Weightlifting Federation
The leaders of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) were this Saturday in the office of the IWF Secretary General Antonio Urso in San Marino in order to hold their annual auditors’ meeting. The...
International Weightlifting Federation
As the smallest country in the European Union and one of the tiniest nations in the world, Malta is not often in the news headlines. Sport is no exception to this rule. Until June 2022, the archipelago (located in the Mediterranean) hadn’t produced any world champion in Olympic sports.
International Weightlifting Federation
Following the recent change of dates of the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I in Havana (CUB), now taking place from June 8-18, the deadline to submit preliminary entries for the competition was also modified: it is now March 8, three months before the start of the event.
International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation is pleased to announce the launch of the procedure to create a Refugee Team, comprised of three men and three women. Candidates to this team have now until March 25...
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF sent a circular to all its Member Federations reminding them that March 1, 2023 will be the last day to send an eventual Letter of Intent concerning the organisation of the IWF World Championships in 2024.
Washingtontimes.com (sports)
A weightlifter from Kazakhstan who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 has been banned for eight years for doping.
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF President Mohammed Jalood and the IWF Secretary General Antonio Urso were this weekend in Riyadh (KSA) to formally sign the host agreement for the organisation of the 2023 IWF World Championships, taking place in the Saudi capital from September 2-17.
Globalnews.ca
The 38-year-old from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., will lead the Canadian team into Santiago's Pan Am Games from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5.
International Weightlifting Federation
At its recent meeting in Rome (ITA), the IWF Executive Board approved the hiring of a new Communications Manager to run media operations, content production across all platforms and PR activities within the International Weightlifting Federation.
International Weightlifting Federation
Presidents and Secretary Generals of the IWF Continental Federations are gathering this weekend in Rome, Italy to discuss plans to accelerate weightlifting’s reform and development around the world. The...
