International Weightlifting Federation
Following the announcement of the project on April 21, the IWF is pleased to announce that it has selected the 10 lifters to be included in the IWF Athletes Direct Support Programme, as follows: Rachel ENOCK...
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports)
India's Shubham Todkar secured the gold medal in the 61kg category at the Commonwealth Championships. However, despite his victory, his compatriot Sidhanta Gogoi, who was competing in the junior competition, outperformed him and emerged as the best lifter in the category.
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Two-time medallist Mirabai Chanu will once again spearhead the Indian challenge in the World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September. Apart from Chanu (49kg), Commonwealth Games medallists Bindyarani Devi (55kg) and Achinta Sheuli (73kg)...
International Weightlifting Federation
More than 250 members and stakeholders of the global weightlifting family have so far been consulted as part of a process to develop a first-ever Strategic Plan for the IWF. It represents the largest and...
International Weightlifting Federation
The second edition of the Swiss Street Weightlifting successfully took place on July 8-9 in Lausanne (SUI), the Olympic capital. During the weekend, in a very central location of the city – the Flon –...
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Birmingham Commonwealth Games champion Jeremy Lalrinnunga was shunted out of the national camp a week ago for his failure to appear in the selection trials for the upcoming World Championships and Asian Games.
Kxan.com
Two local teenagers qualified and competed last month in the USA Weightlifting National Championships in Colorado Springs, the largest national weightlifting competition.
International Weightlifting Federation
The IWF Secretary General Antonio Urso was recently in Lausanne (SUI) to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the International Testing Agency (ITA) and to sign the yearly contract renewal between the IWF and the ITA.
International Weightlifting Federation
The enthusiastic words belong to Patric Bettembourg, the coach of the IWF Refugee Team, after the first Training Camp of this group, held from June 23 to July 1 in Halmstad, Sweden. “We shared many happy moments and many hard stories...
International Weightlifting Federation
Led by coach Patric Bettembourg, the IWF Refugee Team is having, from June 23 to July 1, its first Training Camp in Halmstad (SWE), in order to prepare the participation in the 2023 IWF World Championships, taking place from September 4-17 in Riyadh (KSA).
International Weightlifting Federation
An IWF delegation was recently in Paris to meet with the organisers of the upcoming Olympic Games in 2024 and discuss on the event readiness, with about 13 months to go before the start of the competition.
En.mehrnews.com
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – An Iranian Junior weightlifter Mehrab Davasari has grabbed the gold medal in the 61 kg category at the Central Asian Open U17 Weightlifting Championships underway in Uzbekistan.
International Weightlifting Federation
Travelling half the globe to reach Havana, David Liti had no special plans for the IWF Grand Prix but had however one goal in mind: to get a total of 400kg in the men’s +109kg category. In the last final of the competition...
International Weightlifting Federation
Mary Theisen Lappen came desperately close to overtaking her United States team-mate Sarah Robles, who has won two Olympic medals, in an exciting women’s super-heavyweight session here in Havana. The US also had a good result in the men’s super-heavyweights...
International Weightlifting Federation
It is with great regret that the IWF learnt about the recent loss of Sir Ben Helfgott (GBR), an Olympian lifter in 1956 and 1960, at the age of 93. Mr Helfgott was an example of courage, determination...
