Olympic champion Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the 137th IOC Session held virtually today, the 67-year-old German received 93 yes and 1 no votes from the 94 valid votes. Thomas Bach, who won gold in with the German foil fencing team at […]
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The International Olympic Committee approved the request of the International Weightlifting Federation on the extension of the Tokyo 2020 Qualification Period. According to this decision, the East Asian Championships, South-American, Ibero-American & OPEN Senior Championships, and the 2021 IWF Junior World Championships maintain their status as an Olympic Qualification events. Please note that the IWF Competition Calendar was modified accordingly. The […]
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The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board has today launched a widespread consultation exercise for its draft governance reforms, while also announcing the anticipated dates of Congressional and Electoral Congresses. “Only four months have passed since the IWF established its Reform and Governance Commission [RGC],” said IWF Interim President Dr Michael Irani. “In that short […]
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The IWF reports that, based on the Moscow Laboratory Information Management System (“LIMS”) information and analytical data provided by WADA I & I and the International Testing Agency (“ITA”)’s own investigation, the IWF has asserted Anti-Doping Rule Violations against Ms. Oksana SLIVENKO (RUS) under Article 2.2 of the IWF Anti-Doping Policy. The case is being […]
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The IWF has decided to bring forward the Atypical Finding of Mr. Rempelis Konstantinos (GRE) for Clenbuterol (S1.2 Other Anabolic Agents) as an Adverse Analytical Finding. As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended with effect from 1 March 2021 in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the Athlete did […]
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