Through the IWF and its members, a host of initiatives are being conducted for the weightlifting community across the world including coaching courses, anti-doping webinar series, and a panel discussion revolving around clean sport. On behalf of IWF, the International Testing Agency (ITA) organized its first webinar series covering the key aspects of anti-doping in […]
The IWF Electoral Congress will be held on June 25-26, 2022 in Tirana, Albania. The independent Eligibility Determination Panel (EDP) chaired by Swiss lawyer Gabriel Nigon released the official list of approved candidates for the upcoming IWF Electoral Congress. In a letter shared with the IWF Member Federations and candidates, Mr. Nigon, on behalf of the EDP, […]
The 2022 IWF Junior World Championships were held in Heraklion, Greece, from 2 to 10 May 2022 while 2022 IWF Youth World Championships is still on in Leon, Mexico. The Championships witnessed some scintillating performances with multiple world records broken. The first day of the IWF Junior World Championship in Greece saw men’s and women’s events from Group A. In the Women’s […]
THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA), LEADING AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION (IWF), REPORTS THAT SIX EGYPTIAN WEIGHTLIFTERS HAVE ACCEPTED EACH A TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS (ADRVS) STEMMING FROM SAMPLES COLLECTED DURING THE 2019 AFRICAN GAMES IN RABAT, MOROCCO. The six cases concern Adverse […]
THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA), LEADING AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION (IWF), REPORTS THAT IT HAS ASSERTED ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS (ADRVS) AGAINST TWO PAKISTANI WEIGHTLIFTERS FOR THE PRESENCE OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND AGAINST FOUR ADDITIONAL PAKISTANI WEIGHTLIFTERS FOR REFUSING OR FAILING TO SUBMIT TO SAMPLE COLLECTION. The ITA reports that […]