Iran banned one of its champion weightlifters from ever competing again after he shook hands with an Israeli competitor this week at a match in Poland.

Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Rajaei banned from sport for life after shaking hands with Israeli competitor

31 Aug 2023 17:32 New York Post

Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Rajaei has been given a lifetime ban after being pictured shaking hands with Israeli competitor Maksim Svirsky at the World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Poland.

Iran bans weightlifter for life after photo with an Israeli

30 Aug 2023 21:19 Sun-Sentinel

(JTA) Iran’s weightlifting federation banned one of its athletes for life after he shook hands and posed for a photo with an Israeli athlete at an international competition in Poland. Mostafa Rajaei finished second in his category at the 2023 World Master Weightlifting Championships.

Iran Bans Weightlifter For Life After Photo Shows Him With Israeli Rival

30 Aug 2023 19:36 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Iran on August 30 banned weightlifter Mustafa Radschaie Langrudi for life, claiming he acted "contrary to the ideals of the Islamic republic" when a photo of him by a medals stand showed him together with an athlete from Israel.

Iranian Weightlifter Receives Lifetime Ban for Shaking Hands With Israeli Competitor

30 Aug 2023 15:42 The Algemeiner

An Iranian weightlifter was given a lifetime ban by authorities inside Iran for shaking hands with an Israeli competitor at...

Riyadh, Preview: Stellar cast can make it a World Championships for the ages as Saudi Arabia plays host for first time

30 Aug 2023 07:43 International Weightlifting Federation

An impressive array of top-quality athletes, coupled with the event’s wider importance in Olympic qualifying, can make the 2023 IWF World Championships one to remember. Saudi Arabia hosts the IWF’s flagship event for the first time at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex in Riyadh...

Don’t miss the Anti-Doping Education Seminar in Riyadh!

29 Aug 2023 13:03 International Weightlifting Federation

Less than a week before the start of the IWF World Championships, our International Federation is delighted to be partnering with the International Testing Agency (ITA) at the 2023 IWF World Championships in Riyadh (KSA) to deliver an Anti-Doping Education Seminar...

Iran’s Soltani wins gold at World Weightlifting C'ships

26 Aug 2023 10:05 En.mehrnews.com

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iran veteran weightlifter Mohsen Soltani won a gold medal in the men’s 89kg class of the 2023 Masters World Weightlifting Championships underway in Wieliczka, Poland.

“Weightlifting Changed my Life”: A lesson of life in Honduras and in Jordan!

24 Aug 2023 18:45 International Weightlifting Federation

It is often said that sport can be a tool for social success, or even more importantly a way of changing the lives of those practicing it. This is already a nice declaration on paper, but it becomes really...

I’m the world’s strongest 10-year-old – I’ve been BANNED from weightlifting in the UK but that won’t stop me

18 Aug 2023 15:25 TheSun.co.uk

THE world’s strongest 10-year old is a Brit youngster who can deadlift DOUBLE his weight.

Optimal barbell force-velocity profiles can contribute to maximize weightlifting performance

18 Aug 2023 14:00 Plos.org

by Ingo Sandau, Urs Granacher

Maximal barbell power output (Pmax) and vertical barbell threshold velocity (vthres) are major determinants of weightlifting performance. Moreover, an optimal force-velocity...

Three days more for Verification of Final Entries for Riyadh 2023!

18 Aug 2023 09:50 International Weightlifting Federation

IWF Member Federations entered for the 2023 IWF World Championships have until this Monday, August 21, at 12h00 (noon) CET to proceed to the verification of their final entries, submitted by July 4, 2023.

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