Rome, Italy – January 31, 2020 – The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board today voted decisively to appoint Professor Richard H. McLaren to independently investigate allegations of impropriety surrounding President Dr. Tamas Ajan and the IWF. “I wish to thank the IWF for their trust in me and my team. As independent investigators we […]
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Considering the reputation of the sport and following the code of ethics and aligning to the principles of good governance, the Executive Board of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association, including the President, Mrs Boossabba Yodbangtoey, resigned from their respective positions, effective from the 30th of January 2020.
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Turkish Weightlifting Federation organized an Anti-Doping and Scientific Seminar within the 2019 IWF Development Program. The 3-days seminar taking place in Antalya, Turkey aimed to educate the Turkish coaches who were present with an amazing 157 people. The lecturers from various national Universities gave information about Traditional weightlifting training, Plyometric and pull training and its […]
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IWF continues to support its National and Regional Federations in 2020 as well. The IWF Development Program 2020 is now open, the Member Federations and Regional Federations can submit their applications until 28th February 2020. The documents are available here. In case of questions, please contact development@nulliwfnet.net
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The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) yesterday announced that for the first time in the history of the Games, hydrogen will be used to power both the Olympic and Paralympic Cauldrons in Tokyo and the Torch during part of its journey through Japan. During its preparations for the Games, […]
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