elections corrupted by bribery is considering suing the disgraced former President of the International Weightlifting

presidency was defeated in rigged elections in 2013 and 2017, according to the McLaren Independent Weightlifting

International Olympic Committee (IOC).Urso said that Aján had tried to manipulate elections for the European Weightlifting

Yodbangtoey, the IWF’s first vice-president and Aján’s second-in-command.Richard McLaren's report on weightlifting

This is a big advantage for weightlifting because they can come home, have a press conference, make a

This is what weightlifting needs, and it’s what the IWF executive board must provide for the athletes

Ursula Papandrea, who played a lead role in bringing about the downfall of the disgraced former weightlifting

leader Tamás Aján, says she and her Board at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are being

In calling for unity after the publication of the damning McLaren Independent Weightlifting Investigation

athletes’ samples ‘dirty’ and in another instance he declared to Nicu Vlad, President of the Romanian Weightlifting

report gives us a clear view now.Papandrea has argued that the report by Richard McLaren has given weightlifting

victim of Tamás Aján's vote-rigging corruption says the current Executive Board of the International Weightlifting

USADA), and Global Athlete, an athletes’ representative group.Tygart said the level of corruption in weightlifting

love the sport, but what happened there lost something for me," said Lassen, who has not worked in weightlifting

Lassen, who said she was not sure whether she would return to weightlifting in some capacity, also said

athletes’ samples ‘dirty’ and in another instance he declared to Nicu Vlad, President of the Romanian Weightlifting

Lassen was optimistic about the future and saw the McLaren report as "a watershed moment" for weightlifting

Two-thirds of Swiss-based International Federations (IFs) have accepted the joint loan offer from the Swiss Government and International Olympic Committee (IOC).

money from the IOC package.Some, such as the International Shooting Sport Federation, International Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) today announced three doping positives for Russian athletes

The Russian Weightlifting Federation President, Maxim Agapitov, who received copies of the positive doping

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after testing positive for steroids, who has not competed in international weightlifting

The President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation and a German who was a victim of a rigged election

say Tamás Aján should face criminal charges for corruption during his long reign at the International Weightlifting

Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation said: "The initiation of a criminal

The findings of the McLaren Independent Weightlifting Investigation state that under the "autocratic,

The Presidents of the Russian and Germany Weightlifting Federations have called for legal proceedings

Some say the report is a disaster but I say this is the biggest chance weightlifting has had," he said

Without athletes, weightlifting would not exist."

Tamás Aján took more than $600,000 (£472,000/€530,000) in cash to successive International Weightlifting

congresses, and spent much of it on bribes to buy votes, according to the McLaren report on corruption in weightlifting

NEC Group Arenas has announced that the redevelopment work for its Resorts World Arena will not occur until after the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

the Games in July and August 2022.The arena will host badminton, boxing, netball, table tennis and weightlifting

The McLaren report on weightlifting corruption states that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev,

investigation also said that out-of-competition samples provided by 24 athletes before the 2015 International Weightlifting

the sport," said the report.The period of 2009 to 2019 was "the worst decade of doping the sport of weightlifting

has ever experienced".There were 58 weightlifting positive tests on the retesting of samples from the

The source of antidoping issues that have plagued the IWF and sport of weightlifting lie elsewhere."

This report revealed International Weightlifting President, IOC and WADA Foundation Board member, Tamás

Tamás Aján, who was denounced for corruption during his long reign as a weightlifting leader by the Canadian

Aján, 81, resigned as President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) last month after

he fully cooperated with Richard McLaren during the Canadian's investigation into corruption within weightlifting

the IWF Constitution, all necessary decisions were taken by the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting

I would like to maintain a close relationship with the International Weightlifting Federation and the

weightlifting family."

The future of Attila Adamfi, director general of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is

"under legal review" following the publication of the McLaren Independent Weightlifting Investigation

financial malpractice, anti-doping cover-ups and vote-rigging.Adamfi had done much of the work that led to weightlifting

practices.Former IWF President Tamás Aján was heavily criticised in the McLaren Report into corruption within weightlifting

would be forwarded to the appropriate authorities.Interim President Ursula Papandrea says she hopes weightlifting

she said.Despite all the evidence of corruption from McLaren’s team, Papandrea said she was certain weightlifting

I would like weightlifting to become the leading sport in the Olympic Movement in driving forward modernisation

It looked likely to be the biggest story of the week in Olympic sport when insidethegames reported, on New Year’s Day, that two Egyptian coaches had been sent to jail during a Government inquiry into widespread doping and fraud.

disruption of the sporting calendar since February, is arguably only the second most important story in weightlifting

German state broadcaster ARD aired a documentary, Lord of the Lifters, about alleged corruption in weightlifting

in the sport.Its effects have already led to significant changes in leadership at the International Weightlifting

s investigation into corruption in the sport, "it is time to turn the page and create a new era for weightlifting

" - hereThursday June 4 - "Doping cover-ups and more than $10 million missing - Aján condemned in weightlifting

been covered up, and vote-buying was rampant at the past two electoral congresses of the International Weightlifting

These were the key findings of an independent investigation into corruption in weightlifting, which was

The key findings of the McLaren Independent Weightlifting Investigation, announced in Toronto in Canada

Investigation into the activities of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and welcomes the

 "Already in that time, the IOC significantly reduced the athlete quota for weightlifting at the

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and only provisionally included weightlifting in the programme of the Olympic

The new President and Board of Weightlifting Fiji (WF) have been told they are "leading the sport in

sport", said a statement by WF.Ursula Papandrea, who became the first woman to lead the International Weightlifting

congratulate her.Papandrea, who has often spoken of the need for more women in positions of influence in weightlifting

process that is already underway.Fiji comprises 14 provinces and more than 300 islands, but in the past, weightlifting

have been previously announced.Some had already returned, she said.Shaw-Elder has been involved in weightlifting

because of an unexplained mix-up over a doping positive is seeking compensation from the International Weightlifting

the time.Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham is a two-time Commonwealth Games champion ©Getty ImagesThe Indian Weightlifting

IWF, WADA and the laboratory, and also believes the coaching and administrative staff of the Indian Weightlifting