Ursula Papandrea USA WF President and Phil Andrews CEO paid a visit to IWF Headquarters to discuss future plans for USA Weightlifting and to further widen the spectrum of collaboration with International Weightlifting Federation. One of the most important topics was the preparation of the 2019 IWF Youth World Championships in Anaheim next March, besides talks […]
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We only have a few days left until the XVIII Mediterranean Games kicks off in Tarragona, Spain on 22 June, and thanks to the Olympic Channel, you can follow all the competitions online and even on your mobile phone! During 10 days of competition, the XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 will feature 3,622 athletes competing […]
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Women’s weightlifting is on the rise, with an increasing number of females of all age groups discovering the benefits of incorporating resistance training into their lives. With role models like Spain’s Lydia Valentín, who scooped the Women’s 2017 Lifter of the Year award, women’s weightlifting is becoming more established in the grassroots, feeding an ever-expanding […]
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As it is known, the Turkmenistan Weightlifting Federation received the right to carry out the IWF’s 2018 flagship event, the IWF World Championships, at relatively short notice. Nevertheless, Ashgabat’s undertaking seemed feasible to realize even at allocation time, based on the state-of-the-art facilities built for and used at the 2017 AIMAG. IWF delegates just having […]
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The International Olympic Committee, along with the International Weightlifting Federation, appointed Morghan KING (USA) and Oscar Albeiro FIGUEROA MOSQUERA (COL) as Athlete Role Models at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, ARG. In creating the Youth Olympic Games, the IOC has developed a mission of building an event that educates, engages and empowers aspiring […]
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