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The deadline for the Preliminary Entry Forms to the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships Lima, Peru is 9th February 2015. We invite all National Federations to send their Preliminary Entry Forms to the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation (youth2015@nullcoperu.org) and to the IWF Secretariat (eva.moska@nulliwfnet.net) before February 9th.

The Houston Local Organizing Committee for the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships and Congress Meetings, in partnership with the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority, are proud to announce the return of World Weightlifting to the United States after a 40-year absence with the unveiling of the Houston, Texas USA event logo. “We wanted to make […]

World Weightlifting has extended the deadline for the “Lifter of the Year 2014” election until 15 February 2015! Vote here!

The IWF reports that sample A of Mr. Muhammet Dovranov TKM has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for metenolone. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined – after a B sample analysis, a hearing or an appeal – that […]