By Brian Oliver Lasha TALAKHADZE (GEO) had to battle for his sixth straight super-heavyweight world title in an exciting final session at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia. The multiple world-record holder and double Olympic champion missed two lifts for the first time since 2015. After he made 251kg to claim the […]
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has today revealed the ten (10) athletes elected to serve as members of the IWF Athletes’ Commission until the 2024 Electoral Congress held after the Olympic Games in 2024.The successful candidates, who include five (5) men and five (5) women representing all five (5) continents, are: Maude CHARRON (CAN) Hidilyn DIAZ (PHI) […]
By Brian Oliver at Gran Carpa Américas Corferias in Bogotá The Olympic champion LI Wenwen (CHN) finished 24kg clear of her nearest rival – the Tokyo silver medallist Emily CAMPBELL (GBR) – in the women’s +87kg super-heavyweights at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá. This is the first qualification event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games […]
By Brian Oliver On the day when his athlete Eileen CIKAMATANA (AUS) won a sweep of bronze medals at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Paul COFFA (AUS) was officially inducted into the IWF Hall of Fame – after more than 60 years of service to the sport. The man who is known as “the father figure of […]
By Brian Oliver Solfrid KOANDA (NOR) became Norway’s first ever female world champion when she won a sweep of golds in the women’s 87kg at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia. Koanda suffered such a bad injury in training in August that she thought she might not be fit in time for these Championships. […]