Day 2 of the Asian Championships featured the Men 55kg, Men 61kg and Women 55kg categories. The day started with the Men 61kg Group B, where we could witness the first record of the competition. Mohamad Aniq Kasdan from Malaysia lifted a 160kg C&J and with that broke the Junior Asian Record of the category. […]
The 2022 Asian Championships started today in Manama, Bahrain at 4PM local time. The first day featured the Women 45kg and Women 49kg categories. Women 45kg Category In Snatch the 2019 IWF Junior World Champion, Khong My Phuong (VIE) took Gold with 78kg, SEA Games Bronze medalist, Siti Nafisatul Hariroh (INA) won Silver with her […]
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) hosted an in-person meeting in Rome and reinforced its commitment to making improvements across anti-doping, governance, and its Constitution. It was the first time that the IWF Executive Board has met in Italy and IOC Member and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò attended the start of the […]
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Zacarias Bonnat of the Dominican Republic has been elected by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes’ Commission (AC) as the third athlete representative on the IWF Executive Board. The IWF Constitution allows for up to three IWF AC delegates to serve on the Executive Board to ensure that the athlete voice […]
Mr. Zhou Jinqiang, President of Chinese Weightlifting Association, was appointed the Deputy Minister of Sport of China, the official website of Chinese government made the announcement on September. 29. Under Mr. Zhou’s leadership, China weightlifting national team obtained seven gold medals and one silver medal at Tokyo Olympic Games, the best results achieved by […]