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A sister and brother aged 12 and 17, an Olympic medallist, an improving Italian teenager and a refugee were among the top performers in a series of age-group and senior national championships throughout Europe.
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The IWF recently became one of the 48 sports organisations adhering to the “Sports for Nature” programme, an initiative aimed at safeguarding nature, while contributing to national and global biodiversity goals.
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After the conclusion of a very successful IWF Grand Prix in Doha (QAT), the IWF President Mohammed Jalood was this weekend in Rome (ITA) on the occasion of the Italian Weightlifting Championships, where he could witness excellent performances from the best lifters in the country.
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DPR Korea picked up plenty of awards at the trophy presentation after topping the medals table at the IWF Grand Prix II in Qatar. China’s women dominated in the Olympic categories, Turkmenistan had four medallists on total, and Qatar’s home hero Meso Hassona was a popular winner.
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Only one of them was a winner but there were two Americans on top of the podium when The Star-Spangled Banner was played for the only time at the IWF Grand Prix in Qatar, which ended today. “I couldn’t bear to see Sarah cry...
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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.
