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Riyadh, Opening Ceremony: “These Championships set the bar very high!”

The 2023 edition of the IWF World Championships is officially open after a spectacular ceremony tonight at the venue of the competition. Mixing local traditions, acrobatic performances, and an amazing light show, the moment was attended by Prince Fahd Bin Jalawi Bin Abdulaziz Bin Musaed, Vice-President of the Saudi Arabia National Olympic Committee, by the […]

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Riyadh, Preview: Stellar cast can make it a World Championships for the ages as Saudi Arabia plays host for first time

An impressive array of top-quality athletes, coupled with the event’s wider importance in Olympic qualifying, can make the 2023 IWF World Championships one to remember. Saudi Arabia hosts the IWF’s flagship event for the first time at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex in Riyadh, the capital city, where more than 700 athletes will […]

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Don’t miss the Anti-Doping Education Seminar in Riyadh!

Less than a week before the start of the IWF World Championships, our International Federation is delighted to be partnering with the International Testing Agency (ITA) at the 2023 IWF World Championships in Riyadh (KSA) to deliver an Anti-Doping Education Seminar, taking place on September 9, at 10am (exact location to be confirmed). An ITA Education Ambassador, two times Olympic […]

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