Educating the next generation of elite weightlifters on the importance of clean sport and the workings of the anti-doping process has been a key feature of the ongoing 2019 IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas. To bring the event’s educational programme to life and ensure its robust future, the IWF has teamed up with […]
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Once again two athletes claimed triple gold in their bodyweight categories on day six of the IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas. Turkey’s NARIN Dilara secured a golden hat-trick in the women’s 76-kilogram category and then Bulgaria’s HRISTOV Stefcho Dimitrov managed the same feat in the men’s 102kg. Seventeen-year-old HRISTOV gained his first gold […]
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Uzbek FAYZULLAEVA Kumushkhon lifted 215kg Total, winning all 3 gold medals in the women’s 64kg bodyweight category. She stepped on the Snatch first place with 93kg and the Clean and Jerk with 122kg. ROJAS GONZALEZ Queysi Julissa (MEX) finished at second place with an 88kg Snatch and a 107kg Clean and Jerk performance, totalling at […]
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The IWF reports that as a consequence of the International Olympic Committee’s re-analysis program in connection with the 2012 London Olympic Games, the urine sample of the following Athlete has returned Adverse Analytical Finding: Mr. Florin Ionut CROITORU (ROU) – metabolites of Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, Metenolone, and Stanozolol (S1.1a Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids) In line with the respective […]
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In the men’s 73kg bodyweight category, Bulgarian NASAR Karlos May Hasan and 2018 Asian Youth Championships bronze medallist, NARIMANOV Asadbek (UZB) had eyes on the gold medal. The Uzbek had 3kg advantage in the Snatch over NASAR(133kg). Both successfully lifted 154kg in the Clean and Jerk and proceeded to attempt 161kg, which proved to be too much […]
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