2016 Rio Olympics superheavyweight champion Lasha Talakhadze received the highest distinction of Georgia from his country’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili: the President’s Order of Excellence. In a ceremony held in Tbilisi, the Olympic champion who won the +105kg at the 2016 Rio Games with a new world record total of 473kg received a special “Star” to complete the […]
Iran’s hero weightlifter Mohammad Nassiri who won many medals including the Olympic gold medal (Mexico 1968), Silver (Munich 1972) and Bronze (Montreal 1976) and 5 World championships gold medals, has donated his Munich Silver medal to the IOC Olympic Museum. The IOC organized a medal donation ceremony on 24th November in Lausanne. Actually there is […]
The Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee has recently issued decisions in the reanalysis cases of the following athletes: Beijing 2008: PASHAYEV, Nizami – AZE – 94 kg KULESHA, Iryna – BLR – 75 kg GRABOVETSKAYA, Mariya – KAZ – +75 kg ILYIN, Ilya – KAZ – 94 kg MANEZA, Maiya – KAZ – […]
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has reached a major milestone recently at the Gold Coast, marking 500 days to go until Queensland, Australia Shares the Dream with the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. It is a point in time that sees the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) and its […]
As a tradition, after the Olympic Games elections take place in many Member Federations. The IWF has been recently informed about the following elected officials: Albania: Elez Gjoza re-elected as President Austria: Gerhard Peya re-elected as President Italy: Antonio Urso (President of European Weightlifting Federation) re-elected as President Lebanon: Souheil Mohamad Kaissi elected as President […]