The IWF Youth World Championships is organized for the 8th time this year, from 8th to 15th of March in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The 13-17-year-olds had their first World Championships in 2009, and it is organized year by year ever since, except for the Youth Olympic Games years. Since the last Youth Worlds in […]
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In cooperation with Emirates Weightlifting Federation, the West Asian Weightlifting Federation organized the first professional referee course of West Asia, 12-14 February 2019. Thirty-nine referees, representing UAE, KSA, KWT, IRAQ, OMAN, YEM, LEB, BAH attended the two-day course, where they learned about the latest modifications and updates of the IWF Technical and Competition Rules & […]
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IWF reports that Mr. Pipa ARTIOM (MDA) has been charged with the violation of Article 2.2 of the IWF Anti-Doping Policy. The Athlete is currently serving a period of Ineligibility of four years until 21 December 2019. In any case where it is determined that the Athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will […]
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There were two world records for China, and a resounding defeat for a North Korean Olympic champion, on day one of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Fuzhou, an Olympic qualifying event. The world records, in the women’s 49 kilograms, went to 21-year-old HOU Zhihui in the Snatch and Total. HOU was named in […]
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The Regulations can be downloaded by the following link: 2019 IWF JWC, Suva, FIJ IMPORTANT! ENTRIES SHOULD BE REGISTERED THROUGH THE IWF ONLINE ENTRY SYSTEM http://www.iwf.net/e-entry PRELIMINARY ENTRY – 28 FEBRUARY 2019 According to the new IWF TCRR the FINAL LIST of athletes can be selected only from those included in the Preliminary Entry! Member Federation must […]
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