The most decorated Olympic athlete in the history of weightlifting, three times Olympic Champion plus once bronze-medal winner Greek hero Pyrros Dimas celebrates his birthday today! Born in the Albanian city of Himara from Greek parents, Dimas devoted himself to the sport of weightlifting while only aged 11. He started competing at 14 and won his […]
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Weightlifting Federation of Uganda organized a Coaching Course in Kampala, 1-5 October 2017, thanks to their application within the framework of the IWF Development Program submitted at the beginning of the year. Lectures were given by Milan Mihajlovic, IWF Technical Committee Member with the assistance of more than 15 participants. The organization was at a […]
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The Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) held an extraordinary Electoral meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on 7th October 2017 in presence of IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. Considering the vacant position of AWF General Secretary in view of Mr. Mohammed Jalood (IRQ) elected as IWF General Secretary, the following people got elected according to the AWF Constitution: […]
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Earlier this year the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Weightlifting Federation (TTOWF) put forward a proposal to the Youth Corrections Service. The idea was to provide a rigorous program of weightlifting to those who were among the most underprivileged in society. The aim is to create a regime of training and study that will lead to […]
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IWF reports that the sample of Mr. Mohd Hafifi MANSOR (MAS) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Oxymetholone (S1.1 Anabolic Agents). As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, […]
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