Li Fabin won the head-to-head between two Chinese Olympic champions, a Thai teenager claimed two more junior world records and four athletes bombed out in the first 20 minutes of a remarkable session on day two of the Asian Championships here in Jinju. The result of the second event here at an Olympic Games weight […]
China’s Jiang Huihua just failed with a world record attempt and Thailand won its first continental title in six years on day one of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jinju, Korea. It was a good day all round for both nations, and also for Vietnam despite bombouts for its first two athletes. This is a […]
Chinese weightlifters are top of the Paris 2024 rankings in four of the 10 weight categories, and after the Asian Championships which start in Jinju, Korea on Friday they may take that number up to seven or eight. High altitude at the first Olympic qualifier, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogota, Colombia in December […]
The IWF has received the ITA (International Testing Agency) report for the Anti-Doping activities in 2022 and is happy to communicate on the numbers concerning our strategy to fight against cheating in our sport. Last year, a total of 3555 samples were collected around the world, including 2151 in-competition and 1404 out-of-competition. Moreover, in terms […]
Following the recent decision by the IWF Executive Board on March 30 to create a “2024-2032 IWF Strategic Plan”, the working group in charge of this project had its first meeting last April 25 and sent today to the IWF National Member Federations an initial survey, as part of the extensive consultative process with the […]