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North Korea’s record-breaking weightlifters - "they’re so good it’s scary"

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China’s women weightlifters lead the ranking list in all five weight categories for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

them in their quest to win at the same five weights when Saudi Arabia hosted the 2023 International Weightlifting

has been a coach for 20 years, is also the PRK Weightlifting Federation’s general secretary.Judging

Weightlifting is a school sport," she said.

"We get our athletes from schools and clubs.All but one of North Korea's 13 weightlifting medallists

They give their life to weightlifting."How did she explain the phenomenal results in Hangzhou?


Exclusive: WADA warns OCA will face "consequences" over North Korean flag at Asian Games

  • Hangzhou 2022

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is set to face the "appropriate consequences" from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over its decision to let the North Korean flag fly during the Asian Games here.

with senior International Federation officials during the Asian Games.North Korea enjoyed plenty of weightlifting

finished 10th in the overall medals table ©Getty ImagesMohammed Jalood, the head of the International Weightlifting


Korea "opens up" to foreigners following stunning Asian Games return after threat of exclusion from weightlifting

  • Weightlifting

North Korea has agreed to open up to foreign visitors from anti-doping agencies to protect its sporting future, three months after the country was said by the United Nations to be "more isolated from the global community than ever before".

which end today,The most important meeting was with Mohammed Jalood, President of the International Weightlifting

 Weightlifting, North Korea's number one sport in terms of international achievement, has far stricter

athletes can participate," said Songnam Jang, manager of the North Korea team that finished top of the weightlifting

 North Korea has won more Olympic medals in weightlifting, including five golds, than in any other

 The North Koreans opened up in another way when, for the first time, the weightlifting team's head









Togetherness, Toma, Olympia - winning recipe for weightlifting's newest event

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Twelve European countries and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Refugee Team provided

It was rated an all-round success by its organisers, the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), and

 "In 15 years of weightlifting I’ve never felt anything like it," he said.

The format we have had for the last century needs to change to make weightlifting more watchable, more

I think it was the first edition of urban weightlifting and we had a lot of interactions with people

This is exactly what promotes weightlifting."


Strategic plan

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In September 2023, the International Weightlifting Federation approved two key documents for its future