8th women bodyweight category approved by the EB in Beijing, CHN (25 September) and ratified by the Congress in Penang, MAS (19 October) achieving gender equality. New categories in effect with 1 January 2017 are 90kg and +90kg for Junior and Senior, 75kg and +75kg for Youth.
Weightlifting Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Elections were held on 30th December 2016. The Congress made one significant change in their Constitution highlighting gender equality. That being said, from 2016 two Presidents – one male and one female – will represent their Weightlifting Federation. Male President: Mr. A. Zukic (reelected) Female President: Ms Enisa MASIC. […]
The IWF reports that as a consequence of the IOC’s reanalyses of samples from the London 2012 Olympic Games, the sample of the following Athlete has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding: AKKAEV, Khadzimzrat (RUS) – Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (S1.1 Anabolic agents) In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspension upon the […]
At a Ceremony awarding sport federations and personalities for the year 2016, the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation won the title of Best Federation! The President Mahmoud Kamal Mahgoub was handed over the recognition. The Best Sportsmen title was awarded to Rio 2016 Bronze Medal winner MAHMOUD Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (EGY)! Congratulations!
Frank Spellman, 1948 Olympic Weightlifting Champion, died on Thursday at the age of 94. Spellman was the oldest living Gold medalist in the United States. “When I was four years old, my parents took me out to a state fair,” Spellman told USA Weightlifting in 2012. “There, I saw a guy doing handstands and balancing […]