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McLaren to announce findings from probe into weightlifting corruption on Thursday

  • Weightlifting

The results of a four-month independent investigation into allegations of corruption in weightlifting

his team by Zoom webcast in Montreal at 10am local time.McLaren was appointed by the International Weightlifting

stories which could be investigated and I really hope more whistleblowers from anti-doping and from weightlifting

financial mismanagement by the IWF, and revelations of children taking steroids in Thailand, where weightlifting

is the most successful Olympic sport.The entire executive board of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association

She also said, in a column for insidethegames, that within two years weightlifting can reform to be "



FIBA seeking COVID-19 financial support offered by IOC

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed it will be seeking financial support offered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help governing bodies navigate the financial crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

it is financially stable and had reserves to call on to help deal with the crisis.The International Weightlifting



Egyptian weightlifting coach may face lifetime ban after being suspended for alleged doping offences

  • Weightlifting

Khaled Korany, the successful weightlifting coach who last week spoke to insidethegames of his innocence

involving minors he would face a lifetime ban from the sport.Seven athletes in the team at an Egyptian Weightlifting

During a time of intense political infighting in Egyptian weightlifting, Korany said, there was "a high

unavailable.Anyone found guilty of a doping offence involving a minor faces a lifetime suspension from weightlifting

positive since his first notable successes at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where Egypt had its first weightlifting

offering inconsistent theories… only invites more cynicism directed at the state of anti-doping in weightlifting


IOC backs weightlifting plan to extend Olympic qualifying but rejects compulsory training camp

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifting has been given approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to extend its Tokyo

least one more time in the period between October 1 this year and April 30 next year.The International Weightlifting

Republic, both of whom may have qualified anyway.Documents seen by insidethegames show the updated weightlifting

they have been set.The three-week camp was first suggested by Maxim Agapitov, president of the Russian Weightlifting

opportunities to those being provided before the pandemic halted the Olympic qualification system for weightlifting

The idea that only those countries with a proven track record of clean weightlifting compete at the Olympic


Exclusive: IWF asks 84-year-old Coffa to be "honorary advisor" as McLaren report looms

  • Weightlifting

Sam Coffa, the 84-year-old Australian who lost his seat on the International Weightlifting Federation

into the IWF, and is due to report to the Board next Thursday (June 4).Coffa, who has been involved in weightlifting

carries out a "complete review of its structure" over the coming months.Richard McLaren's report into weightlifting

Every time I made a suggestion I was told by the Committee chairman, a Romanian, that weightlifting was

Sicily as a teenager with his brother Paul – a renowned coach and general secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games and the 1964 Olympic Games for Australia.After years of work for the Australian Weightlifting


Russian weightlifting teams decide against training camps next month

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifters from the Russian men's and women's national teams will skip training camps in the town of Ruza next month due to preventative measures related to the COVID-19 virus.

whom we didn't want to expose to any possible risk of catching the virus.Russia has been restricted in weightlifting

nation ©Getty Images"A decision to postpone the training camp in June was made jointly by the Russian Weightlifting

cases of COVID-19 in Russia, resulting in the deaths of more than 3,900 people.Russia is one of six weightlifting


Alan Hubbard: Lumley champions Cuban women's right to fight

  • Inside the Blogs

Trawling through a myriad of TV channels, as you do when the only live action on the box is a fly crawling across the screen, recently I came across a fascinating travel documentary on Cuba presented by the actress Joanna Lumley - who turned out to be a most unlikely fight fan.

Since 2006, Cuba has been represented in the female programmes in other Olympic sports, including weightlifting




USA Weightlifting launches Lift Proud Virtual Cup

  • Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting (USAW) has offered athletes another chance to qualify for national competitions through

Check out our June online competition, the Lift Proud Virtual Cup open to ALL USA Weightlifting members

https://t.co/p3jxDpsBFi— USA Weightlifting (@USWeightlifting) May 21, 2020USAW has held a number of other


Oceania Weightlifting Federation pay tribute to Tongan star Lolohea

  • Weightlifting

The Oceania Weightlifting Federation paid tribute to Tongan weightlifting star Maamaloa Lolohea, who

 "Maamaloa Lolohea will be greatly missed, not only in the weightlifting world but also as a dear

friend," an Oceania Weightlifting Federation statement said.

On behalf of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, we extend our deepest condolences to the Tonga Weightlifting



"I'm not stupid, don't blame me" says Egyptian weightlifting coach targeted in teen doping scandal report

  • Weightlifting

A successful coach who has helped weightlifters from Egypt and Saudi Arabia win medals at the highest level of the sport has denied any involvement in the teenage doping scandal that led to Egypt being banned from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

16 and 17.The Independent Member Federations Sanctions Panel, which was set up by the International Weightlifting

Korany, and other unnamed coaches and support staff, had not been properly investigated by the Egyptian Weightlifting

before becoming an assistant coach and, in 2011, head coach of Egypt's team.Egypt had not won an Olympic weightlifting

IWF Junior World Championships, Youth Olympic Games and other competitions.Korany, who has a PhD in weightlifting