It is often said that sport can be a tool for social success, or even more importantly a way of changing the lives of those practicing it. This is already a nice declaration on paper, but it becomes really interesting when concrete examples of the positive change sport may bring to the athletes are shown. […]
IWF Member Federations entered for the 2023 IWF World Championships have until this Monday, August 21, at 12h00 (noon) CET to proceed to the verification of their final entries, submitted by July 4, 2023. In this last step before the participation of their teams in Riyadh (KSA), National Member Federations may confirm or delete the […]
The Myanmar Weightlifting Federation (MWF) recently organised, with the support of the IWF and Olympic Solidarity, a five-day course for national coaches and ITO’s, at the Multi-Purpose Hall in Nay Pyi Taw. More than 20 officials were able to get updated on technical relevant information concerning weightlifting, in a course lectured by Mr Aphinya Dattuyawat, […]
Paris 2024 Weightlifting Operational Test Event was held at the South Paris Arena 6 on Saturday 12 August 2023. Comprising of men’s +102kg and women’s 71kg, twenty-five (25) French lifters in total competed across the two bodyweight categories. The event was hailed as a success as the Organising Committee was able to successfully validate planning […]
The IWF Executive Board met today (online) and approved important decisions concerning its future, namely the appointment of an Interim CEO, a new “IWF Human Rights and Non-Discrimination Policy”, a Commission to examine the applications of athletes requesting an exemption related to the Olympic Qualification for Paris 2024 and the validation of the AIN delegation […]