IWF reports that Mr. Khaled Korany Mohamed Hassan (EGY) as an Athlete Support Personnel has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations under Article 2.8 and/or 2.9 of the IWF Anti-Doping Policy. As a consequence, Mr. Korany is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that […]
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Lausanne, 29 May 2020; The IOC has approved the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF’s) revised Olympic Qualifying System for Tokyo 2020, which now extends the qualifying period to 30 April 2021. All results and rankings achieved by weightlifters during the qualifying events held prior to the cessation of qualifying will be retained with no changes to […]
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It now looks that the first world-scale weightlifting event that will be held, following a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the 7th edition of the FISU World University World Championships in Weightlifting, slated for 20-24 October 2020 to take place in Gangjin, Korea. The organisers and FISU have approved all conditions of the […]
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Maamaloa Lolohea from Tonga passed away 21st May, in his home of Vava’u (northern island) Tonga at the age of 52 years. He was known as the gentle giant. Maamaloa lifted for over 10 years representing Tonga and he was very proud of wearing his Tongan national lifting suit. Maamaloa trained at the Oceania Weightlifting […]
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The IWF offers its condolences to the Weightlifting Federation of Kazakhstan on the death of Kairat Turlikhanov, Honorary President of the Federation. Former President of WFRK, Mr. Turlikhanov contributed not only to the rise of Kazakh weightlifting sport but he was a senior elected official and also a great supporter of the Asian Weightlifting Federation.
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