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Weightlifting Battles Doping Ahead of Rio Olympics

(ATR) Nearly 50 weightlifters could be sanctioned by the IWF for doping violations in 2015. The International Weightlifting Federation sanctioned 25 athletes for positive doping cases so far from 2015. The year ended with a wave of 24 adverse findings at the 2015 World Championship held in Houston, Texas in November. Until the appeals process […]

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ADAMS maintenance

Dear ADAMS user, As part of WADA on-going technical maintenance operations WADA is planning such activities for the ADAMS Production environment on Wednesday, 20 January 2016, between 19:00 and 23:00 GMT. Therefore kindly note that the Production system (including the SMS and Mobile services) will be unavailable during this period. Don’t hesitate to contact us […]

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2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods

We would like to remind you that the 2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods took effect on 1 January 2016. The List can be downloaded from WADA’s website, consulted via the free iPhone application or accessed using other mobile devices via the Prohibited List microsite. A summary of modifications to the 2016 Prohibited List can be […]

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IWF Anti-Doping Commission Houston wrap-up

All the Weightlifting World had their eyes on Houston during the World Championships and although the competitions are finished and the lights went out on the platform, the hard work and the fight are not over…for the IWF Anti-Doping Commission (ADC). It was a great World Championship with about 600 athletes and we saw amazing […]

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