In a spectacular Opening Ceremony the Governor of Chiang Mai Province opened the 4th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships today. The event hosted by the North-Chiang Mai University in the city with great traditions of weightlifting welcomes competitors from 28 countries. The kickoff of the Championships coincided with HM King Bumibhol Adulyadej’s birthday which the […]
Two important Workshops took place in Lausanne with the involvement of the IWF; – a Good Governance Follow-up Workshop for the IFs held under the auspices of ASOIF and CIES; – and an IOC Workshop on Integrity in Sports. Both provided interesting and practical conclusions for the participating 27 Olympic International Federations, among those the […]
Drug Free Sport New Zealand welcomes the six-year ban from all sport handed down to a weightlifting coach who admitted offering steroids to an up-and-coming young athlete. The New Zealand Sports Tribunal today released its decision in the case of weightlifting coach, Daniel Milne, for attempted trafficking and possessing a prohibited substance. Drug Free Sport […]
The IWF reports that sample A of Ms. BEGAJ Romela from ALB has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for stanozolol. 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 – […]
The IWF reports that sample A of Ms. HWA RI Jong from PRK has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for clenbuterol. 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 […]