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Said Bin Marhoon Al Ghabshi Passed Away

IWF is mourning the passing of Said Bin Marhoon Al Ghabshi, President of Weightlifting Federation of Oman. Mohammed Jalood, IWF General Secretary also paid his tribute: “He was like a brother to me. He was greatly admired and respected by all those who were fortunate to meet him. We had lost a great weightlifting leader […]

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ITA – IWF Webinar Series // Second Webinar – 07 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 second webinar information are the following: Topic: The Doping Control Process (Including testing procedures (urine and blood) and […]

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Media Registration System is Now Open

Today IWF has launched a new platform which will serve the purpuse of media registration for selected IWF Events.  Media registration is now open for the following IWF Events: 2022 IWF Junior World Championships 2022 IWF Youth World Championships The platform can be found here. In case of question, please contact IWF at press@nulliwfnet.net 

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IWF’s strong stance against doping in weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) wholeheartedly welcomes the recent decision from the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration (CAS ADD) regarding Kazakh weightlifter, Nijat Rahimov. He was found to have committed several Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) in 2016 and has now been sanctioned for a period of ineligibility of eight years and all competitive […]

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IWF is Mourning the Passing of Dr Bolivar Vargas

It is with great sadness that we have learned the passing of Dr Bolivar Vargas, Secretary General of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation. With his passing the weightlifting community has lost a great figure and leader. IWF is sending it condolences to his family, loved ones, to the Dominican Weightlifting Federation and the Pan American Weightlifting […]

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