15-year old weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has been named as the first winner of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year. She won this prestigious award after a combined vote by a panel of three sports journalists and a public vote which was held online over the past weeks. Thornton was the only athlete in 2020 […]
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The received candidature forms are currently under review by the IWF as the candidates are subject to eligibility checks. After the eligibility checks have been concluded the Member Federations will be duly notified and the list will be published on the IWF website.
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The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been informed today by the International Testing Agency (ITA) of the conclusion of the anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) procedure for two Romanian weightlifters Gabriel SINCRAIAN and Razvan MARTIN. The details of the ADRVs can be found here. The ADRVs bring to four the number to have been asserted against Athletes from the […]
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The International Testing Agency (ITA) has launched its own doping reporting platform called ‘Reveal’ in order to offer additional opportunities to report doping offences. Reveal allows for suspicions to be disclosed in complete confidentiality. Close cooperation with international sports organisations, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), national anti-doping organisations and law enforcement agencies will ensure that […]
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IWF Women’s Commission will host the first ever Female Focus Webinar on February 5, 2021, at 21.00 Lausanne time. The first presenter will be Ph candidate Kimberly Santabarbara, M.S., CSCS, who will lecture from Auckland, New Zealand, on the topic Strength Training and the Menstrual Cycle. The next lecturer will be Head Coach at CHFP […]
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