In the qualification path for the 2024 Olympic Games, one of the main challenges for the athletes taking part in the events that constitute that “road” is their place in the Olympic Ranking. As a reminder, for each of the 10 bodyweight categories included in the Games’ programme, only the best 10 athletes can guarantee […]
Beatriz Piron let out a scream of joy from the spectators’ seats when she won gold on day two of the IWF Grand Prix in Havana. The mother of three from the Dominican Republic had lifted in the B Group the day before – by chance rather than by strategy – and when the American […]
“Today, we have the conflict in Ukraine, but in 1973 we had also a difficult context. There was the Yom Kippur war and there was the ‘coup’ in Chile. The Israeli team arrived in Cuba and then withdrew, while the Chilean delegation could never land in Havana…” Discreet, in his dark blue suit, Carlos Nuevo is […]
Fraer Morrow has become the latest weightlifter to make an extreme weight cut in an effort to boost her chances of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Many others have had to drop a considerable percentage of their body weight to lift in one of the new Olympic categories, most notably the Tokyo champions […]
With the presence of Cuban national authorities – namely the Vice Prime-Minister, the President of the National Sports Institute, and the leader of the National Olympic Committee – the IWF Family gathered for the official opening ceremony of the first 2023 IWF Grand Prix, taking place in Havana from June 8-18. Dancing to the sound […]