The test event – also serving as a Silver Level Qualification event – for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games weightlifting competition begins this weekend at the Tokyo International Forum. The training hall, situated in the basement of the building, features an elevated glass walkway for fans to watch their favourite athletes train prior to their […]
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IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Swati SINGH (IND) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Morphine (S7. Narcotics). In any case where it is determined that the Athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. IWF will not make any further comments on the case until it is […]
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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was only 11 when she won her first-ever competitive gold medal. The weightlifting champion, who made her debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was faced with bitter disappointment when she was only one of two lifters who did not finish at the entry-level category. Despite the disappointment, Mirabai Chanu created history at the 2017 […]
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Egypt’s Minister of Education honoured Rania Mohamed Ezzat, the Egyptian junior weightlifting champion, who recently made history by winning first place in the IWF Junior World Championships, bagging three medals–two golds and one silver in Suva, Fiji last month. In the same vein, Mohamed Ali Tantawy, coach of the national team of Egypt, was honoured […]
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United World Wrestling is organizing a series of cadet training camps named ‘More than Medals’ for their young wrestlers. As weightlifting is a core sport and is known as one of the important modules in Strength & Conditioning training for all sports, UWW has contacted IWF to assist them in their project. In the past […]
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