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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]