Following the closure of the entries and eligibility check, the IWF is happy to publish the list of athletes (as of 20 July 2016) entered to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 260 athletes from 91 (!) countries will compete for the 15 Gold Medals. According to the Qualification System, the list includes quotas obtained through: […]
The documents for the 2016 IWF Youth World Championships Penang, MAS were uploaded. The Regulation as well as all the forms are accessible through the Calendar and can be downloaded from the Calendar.
The National Federation of Chile announces with great sorrow that the ex-athlete, coach and official Ricardo Arratia passed away. For many years, Arratia and weightlifting in Chile meant the same thing. He represents the real love to sport. Nothing was more important for him than weightlifting. Since 1948 he was part of weightlifting and part […]
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has received the McLaren Report on the WADA Investigation of Sochi Allegations and noted with regret that the sport of Weightlifting is implicated. The IWF contacts WADA in order to receive evidence regarding the McLaren report and ready to carefully evaluate the outcomes and fully cooperate with the respective Anti-Doping […]
The IWF reports that sample of Ms. Malvina Soledad Veron (ARG) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for (S1.1 Anabolic agent) methenolone metabolites. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule […]