The IWF is pleased to announce that no prohibited substances were detected in any of the samples collected at the IWF JWC. The event featured 256 athletes, out of which a total of 166 tests were conducted including 43 blood and 123 urine during the IWF JWC between 15-23 June 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. The […]
The International Weightlifting Federation delegation paid a visit to Colorado Springs for the first time ever. The visit marks a historical trip since there had never been any technical visits before dedicated only to Anti-Doping purposes. For these reasons, IWF’s visit to coordinate the Event Testing and Education with the United States Anti-Doping Agency is a […]
Weightlifting sensation Eileen Cikamatana has a busy September as the 17 year old will be competing in two international competitions. The first competition is the Commonwealth Championship & Oceania Weightlifting Championships to be held in Gold Coast, Australia. Immediately after the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Cikaimatana is targeting to win […]
The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Sport Programme Commission met for the first time in Budapest on Monday and Tuesday this week. IWF President, Dr. Tamas Ajan opened the meeting reminding that “Citius, Altius, Fortius is the motto of the Olympic Movement and underlining that weightlifting is the fortius of those Games, so the IWF must […]
The International Weightlifting Federation is pleased to announce that the composition of the Clean Sport Commission which has been set up further to the IWF Executive Board’s decision of 14 June 2017 in Tokyo, JPN is now confirmed. The Commission is tasked to advise the Executive Board on further improvements of the IWF Anti-Doping Program […]