With less than one month to go for the start of the IWF World Youth Championships, taking place in Durres (ALB) from March 25-April 1, the final entry list for the event is quite encouraging: no less than 387 athletes from 61 nations are for the moment registered for the competition. The IWF Youth Worlds […]
The IWF sent a circular to all its Member Federations reminding them that March 1, 2023 will be the last day to send an eventual Letter of Intent concerning the organisation of the IWF World Championships in 2024. The proposed period for the staging of next year’s competition is November/December. Interested hosts have therefore until […]
In the weightlifiting world, blue disks on a bar may be of 20 or 2kg, while yellow ones are of 15 or 1.5kg. Today, on February 24, they could mean “365” the exact number of days from the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In reality, they mean 2, the two colours of the flag […]
The IWF President Mohammed Jalood and the IWF Secretary General Antonio Urso were this weekend in Riyadh (KSA) to formally sign the host agreement for the organisation of the 2023 IWF World Championships, taking place in the Saudi capital from September 2-17. The two IWF dignitaries had also the occasion to meet with the Minister […]
At its recent meeting in Rome (ITA), the IWF Executive Board approved the hiring of a new Communications Manager to run media operations, content production across all platforms and PR activities within the International Weightlifting Federation. Pedro Adrega is the new responsible for these areas and started his new functions on February 15. With a […]