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“Yes, there is undeniably an additional responsibility on the French athletes”. Brandon Vautard hesitates before replying, but the answer then comes fast. The 2024 Olympic Games, to be held in about 13 months in Paris, should be the career pinnacle of the French athletes.
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Lidia Valentin, the London 2012 Olympic gold medallist from Spain, has joined the qualifying pathway for Paris 2024 at the age of 38 despite an injury that could thwart her hopes. Whether she will be fit...
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Academies that can play a big role in changing the culture of weightlifting are springing up around the world. Plans are well underway for teaching and training centres in Fuzhou, China and Sofia, Bulgaria, and today the IWF signed a deal with a specialist sport university in Havana, Cuba.
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The IWF recently published the Regulations concerning the IWF World Championships, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 4-17, 2023. This important document is aimed at informing all participants in the event about the deadlines for entries and fee payments...
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It is a fact that Havana, in Cuba, is perhaps not the most accessible destination for travellers around the world – firstly, not many international airline companies are flying to the Caribbean island; secondly...
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Angie Palacios claimed a world record to continue a remarkable run of success for a special weightlifting family from Ecuador. Palacios jumped and screamed after making a 121kg snatch to better the 71kg world record set by Liao Guifang of China at the Asian Championships last month.
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On a normal day, Ine Andersson should have been the winner of the women’s 64kg, whose A session took place today at the IWF Grand Prix in Havana, Cuba. But in sports, one cannot expect to have normal days all the time.
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Rahmat Erwin came close to holding world records in two categories when he moved up to the heaviest weight of his career at the IWF Grand Prix here in Cuba. The 73kg clean and jerk world record holder from Indonesia got the bar above his head but could not complete the 209kg attempt...
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The final of the women’s 59kg, the only medal event of the fifth day of the IWF Grand Prix in Havana (CUB) had a pair of interesting duels to follow. On one side, the US battle between Taylor Wilkins and Danielle Gunnin.
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While two Americans tried to improve their Olympic qualifying prospects on day five of the IWF Grand Prix here in Havana, their former team-mate Mattie Sasser made huge strides towards a place at Paris 2024.
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Weightlifters will no longer be able to take their nation's flag on to the podium, the head of the sport's governing body said here today on the eve of the Asian Championships.The...
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Eko Yuli Irawan posted the best numbers of his career at the age of 33 here in Havana, and is on course to set a weightlifting record for the ages. In more than 120 years since the sport featured at the...
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Manama, the capital of Bahrain, will host the 2024 edition of the IWF World Championships, after the vote of the IWF Executive Board today in Havana (CUB). The Middle East bid received more support that the two other candidatures for next year’s IWF top-event, Yerevan (ARM) and Tirana (ALB).
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Just outside the best 10 in the Olympic ranking before competing in the IWF Grand Prix in Havana, Arley Calderon was the home hero on the third day of the event after getting two bronze medals in the men’s 61kg.
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Ricko Saputra from Indonesia won gold, while Hampton Morris from the United States and Arley Calderon from host nation Cuba moved up the Olympic ranking lists on day three of the IWF Grand Prix here in Havana.
