The IWF is pleased to announce the launch of an Athletes Direct Support Programme, an initiative aimed at assisting 10 weightlifters in their preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (FRA). These scholarships will be awarded to five male and five female athletes from developing nations and under the following eligibility criteria: participation in […]
The world’s most remarkable teenage weightlifter claimed two more senior world records along with the continental 89 kilograms title on day six of the European Championships. Karlos Nasar made five good lifts and declined the last one having already bettered his own world best in clean and jerk and claimed the total record from Italy’s […]
World champion Loredana Toma added another continental title to her long list of achievements today with an easy win at the European Weightlifting Championships here in Armenia. Giulia Miserendino was 10kg back in second place, and her team-mate Oscar Reyes made it a great day for Italy by winning the men’s 81kg later in the day. Toma […]
Two weightlifters whose careers were stalled by physical and mental setbacks had a day to remember at the European Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. Ritvars Suharevs from Latvia, who has had surgery on both shoulders since finishing sixth at the Tokyo Olympic Games and now has to have a third operation, won a tense men’s 73kg […]
Kamila Konotop outperformed the Colombian world champion Yenny Alvarez and moved to the top of the women’s 59kg rankings for Paris 2024 with a record-breaking victory at the European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. The host nation had its first win in the evening session when 19-year-old Gor Sahakyan was cheered on by a large […]