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Azerbaijan and Armenia were the winners on the penultimate day of the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar. Arguably the biggest achievement of the day, though, was Taniela Rainibogi’s show of strength in the men’s 109kg.
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The IWF and SPORTFIVE have renovated their partnership for the Olympic cycle 2024-2028, thus re-appointing the German-based company as the exclusive media rights agency on a global basis. Under this agreement...
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Meso Hassona won in his home country, totalled 400kg for the first time since winning Olympic gold in Tokyo, and defeated the Chinese leader in the Paris 2024 rankings at 102kg. Not bad for a night’s work at the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar – but he wanted more.
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DPR Korea ended a highly successful trip to Qatar by claiming a ninth victory at the IWF Grand Prix. They have no entries in the final three days at the Aspire Zone in Doha. The entire team gathered for...
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After a very positive first experience in 2023, the IWF is happy to announce the renovation of its IWF Refugee Team programme for the year of 2024. The applications for potential candidates to be part of the project were sent today, while the deadline to receive the proposals is January 31, 2024.
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Two athletes still young enough to compete as juniors made day seven of the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar the most exciting day yet. Bulgarian teenager Karlos Nasar claimed a senior world record for the fifth time in the men’s 89kg category...
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China’s double Olympic champion Shi Zhiyong is back on the international platform at last. For the first time in 862 days since he won gold in Tokyo, Shi returned to action at the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha, Qatar.
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Two more wins for DPR Korea, 11 different medallists in two events, an Olympic champion withdrawing when in the lead and a bombout by a multiple world record holder were among the highlights on day three of the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar.
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Jiang Huihua enjoyed singing her national anthem after making a career-best total in winning the women’s 49kg on day two of the IWF Grand Prix II in Doha. Nine weeks ago Jiang, who leads the Olympic rankings at this weight...
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The DPR Korea team started with victory on the opening day of the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar, just as they had done at the Asian Games in China two months ago. Pang Un Chol won the men’s 55kg, the only medal event on day one at the Aspire Zone in Doha.
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The city of Ningbo, in China, will be the host of the 2026 edition of the IWF World Championships, after a vote by the IWF Executive Board, meeting today in Doha (QAT). This IWF showcase will be staged following the World Championships in 2024 in Manama (BRN) and the 2025 rendezvous in Forde (NOR).
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Nine Olympic gold medallists, nine current world champions and 13 world record holders will lift over the next two weeks in the Olympic qualifier in Doha Qatar. There will also be a formidable DPRK team featuring three women who set world records eight weeks ago.
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The IWF recently informed all its National Member Federations on the summary of the amendments to the 2024 IWF Anti-Doping rules, to be applicable from January 1, 2024. The main novelties include: TESTING...
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Eileen Cikamatana was in tears after winning at the Pacific Games in Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands. The Australian was highly emotional not because she improved her best qualifying total in the Paris 2024 rankings, but because so many members of her family were there to see her do it.
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Alireza Yousefi won the men’s super-heavyweights by a wide margin, and his team-mate Taha Nemati set a youth world record in second place to complete a strong finish by Iran at the World Junior Championships in Guadalajara.
