Lausanne, 29 January 2016 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the arbitration procedure between the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation (BWF) and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The BWF remains banned from entering the next edition of the Olympic Games. However, the fine of USD 500,000 imposed on the BWF […]
The Russian President’s Cup will take place on 19-20 March 2016. This 6th edition will be held in Kazan, city that organized the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships as well. The Regulation will follow shortly.
(ATR) Nearly 50 weightlifters could be sanctioned by the IWF for doping violations in 2015. The International Weightlifting Federation sanctioned 25 athletes for positive doping cases so far from 2015. The year ended with a wave of 24 adverse findings at the 2015 World Championship held in Houston, Texas in November. Until the appeals process […]
Facts are facts; still some of them are difficult to accept. Such is for instance the fact that Sam Coffa, IWF Vice President and Chairman of the Technical Committee from Australia, is turning 80 years old. True that he claims seniority in the organisations he holds office in, but it rather refers to rank and […]
Ruslan Zhabotinsky, the son devoted to preserving and fostering his great Father’s heritage announced the death of two-times Olympic Champion weightlifter (+90kg, 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City) Leonid Zhabotinsky. The Ukrainian giant, 4-times World Champion and holder of 19 world records, was rightly called in his time “The Strongest Man of the World” when […]