Twenty-nine athletes competing across 12 sports and from 13 host National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will be part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) Tokyo 2020. The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved the composition of the team. The athletes were selected from among the refugee athletes currently supported by […]
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THE ITA ASSERTS ADRVs AGAINST WEIGHTLIFTER DMYTRO CHUMAK AND COACH MATSOKHA MYKHAILO The International Testing Agency (ITA), leading an independent anti-doping program for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), asserts anti-doping rule violations against Ukrainian weightlifter Dmytro Chumak and his coach Matsokha Mykhailo. The ITA reports that based on an incident that occurred during an Out-Of-Competition testing mission […]
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After over a week full of emotions and good lifts, the junior weightlifters bid farewell to Tashkent with their hands full of medals and good feelings. On the last day of competitions, it was the turn for the Women +87 KG and Men +109 KG categories. Women +87 KG group A At noon it was […]
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The eighth day of the competition in Tashkent continued with a very positive atmosphere. The competition, organized with the support of local sponsors such as Samo, Uztelecom, Artel, Omaf, and Diagnokim allowed the event to be at the level of the best events organized by IWF. On this day, there were 3 weight categories, all […]
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On Day 7 it was the turn for the Women 81 KG and Men 96 KG categories at the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships. While the Men 96 KG category had two groups: A and B, the women’s category only had the A group. The day therefore started at 13.30 with the only B group […]
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