On the occasion of his visit to the Olympic Capital the city of Lausanne, Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President together with Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General hold several meetings with international sports organizations. They met with Kit McConnell, newly appointed IOC Sports Director. During the meeting the IWF gave information regarding the Nanjing 2014 Youth […]
The 10th South American Games Santiago 2014 was held in Santiago of Chile from 5-18 March gathering near 4000 athletes from 42 disciplines. Weightlifting competitions were held in the “Cúpula del Parque O’Higgins” between 13 and 16 of March with the participation of 97 lifters (51 men and 46 women) coming from 12 countries (Brazil, […]
As it is known, the IWF has been implementing a highly comprehensive and intensive Anti-Doping Program including both in-competition and out-of-competition testing. In this process, in 2013 several anti-doping violations were disclosed. The IWF is looking at each case with utmost thoroughness, with full respect to the relevant WADA and IWF rules, and the rights […]
The IWF continues supporting the National and Continental/Regional Federations in the framework of the IWF Development Program. For the fifth time, the IWF Member Federations have the possibility to improve their organisational, coaching, training, educational and anti-doping activities by filling the Application. Please click here to download the documentation package for the year 2014. We […]
The location of the Pan-American Youth Championships Qualification event for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games has been changed from Chiclayo to Lima. Lima already hosted the 2007 IWF University World Championships, the 2011 IWF Youth World Championships and the 2013 IWF Junior World Championships. New location: Lima, Peru Date and competition schedule remains unchanged: […]