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Start Book – 2022 IWF Junior World Championships

The Start Book of the 2022 IWF Junior World Championships is now available here. This year’s Junior World Championships will see over 300 athletes from 61 counries competing for the World Champion titles. All sessions will be available on IWF Facebook and IWF YouTube Channel. More information will soon follow.

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ITA – IWF Webinar Series // Fifth Webinar – 28 April 2022

We are pleased to invite the weightlifting community to the first webinar series organized by ITA on behalf of IWF in 2022. In the course of 5 weeks, 5 webinars are provided covering the key Anti-Doping areas. The fifth webinar information are the following: Topic: Out-of-Competition Testing (Including requirements of RTP/TP, whereabouts and use of […]

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The ITA asserts apparent anti-doping rule violations against 6 weightlifters from Pakistan

THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA), LEADING AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION (IWF), REPORTS THAT IT HAS ASSERTED ANTI-DOPING RULE VIOLATIONS (ADRVS) AGAINST TWO PAKISTANI WEIGHTLIFTERS FOR THE PRESENCE OF PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND AGAINST FOUR ADDITIONAL PAKISTANI WEIGHTLIFTERS FOR REFUSING OR FAILING TO SUBMIT TO SAMPLE COLLECTION.   The ITA reports that […]

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