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2022 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA CONFIRMATION OF FINAL ENTRIES

THIS IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE DEADLINE FOR CONFIRMING YOUR FINAL ENTRIES FOR THE 2022 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IS  05 NOVEMBER 2022 (SATURDAY). PROCEDURE Please visit the IWF E-ENTRY SYSTEM at https://www.iwf.net/e-entry_2022col/ SELECT a maximum of 12 ATHLETES (10+2 reserve) / GENDER – if available – from the registered PRELIMINARY ENTRIES. REMOVE athletes who WILL NOT PARTICIPATE in the competition. CONFIRM your FINAL ENTRIES by clicking […]

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IWF President, AWF Vice-President meets with the Jinju Organizing Committee ahead of 2024 Olympics Qualification Events

Major figures from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) visited Jinju from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2022. The visits were made by the official invitation of Jinju City and the organizing committee of the 2023 Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships for promoting Jinju City’s charm and discussing agendas to […]

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ORIS meeting for the Olympic Games Paris 2024

The meeting of the Weightlifting Working Group of Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) was held from 12 – 14 October 2022 in Montreux, Switzerland. Weightlifting was represented by IWF Executive Board Member & IF Delegate for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matthew Curtain (remote attendance), Matyas Lencser, IWF Competition Manager and Jacqueline White, Paris 2024 Weightlifting […]

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Lesman and Meso – Champions of Day 8 of the 2022 Asian Championships

The program of 8th day at the 2022 Asian Championships included the Men 96kg and the Men 102kg categories, where in both categories an IWF Ambassador Athlete became the Asian Champion. Men 96kg category This was the first competition of Lesman Parades Montano current M96kg Snatch World Record holder under the nationality of Bahrain, after […]

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