The International Testing Agency (ITA), leading an independent anti-doping program for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), asserts anti-doping rule violations against 13 Weightlifters after the re-analysis of samples collected in 2012. In the scope of the work carried out by the ITA on the series of allegations of mishandling of anti-doping matters by the International […]
The 1st Sino-Europe Virtual Weightlifting Training Camp organized by Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) and European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) successfully concluded on November 11, 2021. Coaches and athletes from CWA shared their technical knowledge and experience on competitive weightlifting to their counterpart from around 20 Member Federations of EWF. YU Jie, Head Coach of China’s Men’s […]
We trust this letter finds you in good health and offer our continued gratitude for your support of weightlifting. With this letter, we would like to give you further practical information to ensure the successful organization of the IWF Electoral Congress to be held between 2021 December 2021 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 2021 IWF Electoral Congress shall be […]
The deadline to finalize the entries for the 2021 IWF World Championships is tomorrow, 5 November 2021. The Member Federations are asked to make sure to delete those athletes who will not participate, then confirm the final entries by clicking on the “confirm final list” button on the IWF online entry system: IWF E-Entry System According […]
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has asked its member federations to submit nominations for the forthcoming Athletes Commission elections. The elections, a key step in implementing the governance reform adopted earlier this year, will take place during the IWF World Weightlifting Championships between 7 and 16 December in Tashkent. Following the elections, the IWF will break new ground […]