The 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Championships was held today at Quartier du Flon, in Lausanne Switzerland. In the beginning the weather was not on competition’s side but luckily after 45 minutes delay the event was started. Despite the not so perfect weather a great crowd gathered in the centre of Lausanne to see the athletes […]
Tomorrow the 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Competition will begin with 14 athletes competing in 7 teams (1 female and 1 male athlete per team). Due to weather forecast, IWF and the Organizing Committee decided to bring the start of the competition earlier to 1PM CET. The event will be at Quartier du Flon in Lausanne, […]
April 22, 2022, Lausanne – Today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) welcomed members from the Olympic sport community to its headquarters at the Maison du Sport International in the Olympic capital of Lausanne. Due to the impact and restrictions brought about by the pandemic, the IWF was unable to celebrate the move of its headquarters […]
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 fourth webinar information are the following: Topic: Principles and Values of Clean Sport (Including sanctions, consequences and […]
The International Weightlifting Federation Athlete’s Commission met to discuss a variety of matters including among others the recent resignation of its chair Sarah Davies. Due to this decision, the IWF Athlete’s Commission has now officially appointed Forrester Osei of Ghana as the new chair and elected of Hiromi Miyake of Japan as vice-chair. Miyake is […]