The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has published its Start Book ahead of the opening of the 2021 IWF World Championships in Tashkent. The flagship event, which will take place from 7-17 December 2021 in the Uzbek capital, will gather the world’s best male and female athletes. Tashkent will concurrently host the Commonwealth Championships, which is a qualifying event for […]
On the occasion of the 2021 IWF World Championships, the International Testing Agency is organizing an anti-doping webinar for the weightlifting community. The webinar will be on 6th December 2021 at 12:00 CET, 16:00 GMT+5 (UZB time). It will provide an overview of athlete and athlete support personnel anti-doping rights and responsibilities and also cover […]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the usual Verification of Final Entries of the 2021 IWF World Championships will be organized in an online format. Member Federations are kindly asked to check and verify their participating athletes’ data in the IWF E-Entry System as follows: VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES Tab Member Federations shall login with their […]
The International Testing Agency (ITA), leading an independent anti-doping program for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), asserts an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) against Russian Weightlifter Kseniya Kozina for the use of prohibited substances based on data retrieved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from the Moscow laboratory. The ITA reports that it has asserted an […]
A meeting of the IWF Executive Board yesterday considered the written legal opinion sent by the independent IWF Legal Commission which made it clear the proper legal foundations for the planned IWF Elections had not yet been fully complied. Due to this reason the IWF Executive Board decided, that the Electoral Congress, scheduled for 20-21 […]