This weekend hosts the biggest British weightlifting competition of the year, The British Weight Lifting & Para-Powerlifting Championships 2017. The competition will see Olympians Rebekah Tiler and Zoe Smith compete for their spot at the Commonwealth Games 2018 as well as the country’s other leading lifters. IWF President Tamás Aján added, “IWF are delighted to […]
As a matter of fact, Kakhi Kakhiashvili became three times Olympic Champion without being able to share this great recognition to the country where he was born – Georgia. He won his first Olympic Gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games as part of the Soviet Unified Team in the Men’s 90kg bodyweight category. He won […]
The U.S. Olympic Committee announces Best of June honors for Team USA Awards presented by Dow on July 6, 2017. Weightlifter CJ Cummings has qualified for the 2017 Best of the Year honor. Standout performances during June earned Breanna Clark (Los Angeles, California), CJ Cummings (Beaufort, South Carolina) and the U.S. Women’s Senior National Synchronized Swimming […]
The quadrennial (2017-2021) election of Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWLF) was held on July 05, 2017 at the Pakistan Olympic House Lahore. Representative of Pakistan Olympic Association (NOC Pakistan) and Government of Pakistan (PSB) were also present. The following officials were elected and nominated unanimously in the General Council: CHAIRMAN: Mian Amer Mahmood PRESIDENT: Mian Muhammad Aslam CHIEF EXECUTIVE […]
The competition documents for the 2017 IWF World Championships Anaheim, USA from 27 November – 05 December, 2017 were uploaded. The Regulations and Forms can be downloaded by the following link. Please note, all participants who require VISA in the United States of America shall apply in their own nation. It is strongly advised to […]