At 12 years and 352 days old, the majority of athletes are barely starting training and competing in the sport they love. Today, in Durres (ALB), Ivy Marie Buzinhani Brustello, from Canada, became the youngest-ever world champion in the history of the IWF, sweeping the three gold medals at stake in the women’s 40kg. In […]
Ivy Buzinhani Brustello made weightlifting history on the opening day of the 2023 IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania when she won a world title at the age of 12 years 352 days. Nobody under 13 had ever won a medal in international competition before Ivy’s victory in the women’s 40kg today, according to the […]
The IWF highest authorities and many local governmental and municipal representatives were today in Tirana for the official Opening Ceremony of the IWF World Youth Championships, taking place from March 25- April 1 in Durres, a seaside resort in the coast of Albania. In the Olympic Park of the Albanian capital, the welcome to the […]
Following the announcement by the IWF on March 1 about the launch of the IWF Refugee Team, our International Federation has already received several applications for this programme. According to the established milestones, potential candidates have until March 25, 2023 to manifest their interest. As a reminder, to be eligible to this programme, athletes must […]
“Always a bridesmaid, never a bride”. The expression is self-explanatory and is used by US lifter Mattie Rogers to describe her past performances at the IWF World Championships: 13 medals, including nine silver and four bronze. The so-awaited gold may be reserved for 2023, at the global showcase in Riyadh (KSA), in September. “I don’t […]