birthday, Clarence "CJ" Cummings won his sixth world title for the United States at the International Weightlifting

medallist from the Summer Youth Olympic Games won the three medal events on day two of the International Weightlifting

gold, silver and bronze on a great day for them at the IWF Junior World Championships in Suva ©Turkey Weightlifting

Italy's Sergio Massidda added an IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships gold medal to his Youth

Li Wenwen, the most remarkable teenage talent in weightlifting, finished ahead of the reigning Olympic

super-heavyweight Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games rankings by winning her first global title in the International Weightlifting

Liaoning province.She was impressed by Li’s attitude and her large hands and feet, and when Li started weightlifting

at the age of 12 she could snatch 50kg and clean and jerk 70kg.Chinese weightlifting talent Li Wenwen

“We have never won two golds at the Juniors before,” said Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

her performance was described by Sam Coffa, the former IWF vice-president who has been involved in weightlifting

Romanian weightlifter Florin Croitoru has been disqualified from the London 2012 Olympic Games after re-analysis of his samples from the event resulted in a positive test for three prohibited substances.

In March, Romania's achievement in winning 12 medals at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

Our fight against doping and for clean weightlifting is not ended at all," IWF President Tamás Aján said

Jalood.Two months ago the sport was celebrating when the IOC lifted its "conditional inclusion" status for weightlifting

out by the IOC on stored samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012.The March 26 decision to welcome weightlifting

Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Ruslan Nurudinov of Uzbekistan is one of a further two weightlifters to have been disqualified from London 2012 for doping.

the re-analysis of London 2012 samples.The 27-year-old lifter now faces a ban from the International Weightlifting

 "Both athletes participated in men’s weightlifting competitions at the London 2012 Olympic Games

 "The cases will now be referred to the International Weightlifting Federation for further follow-up

Arnold Schwarzenegger made headlines around the world when he was kicked in the back on a visit to South Africa a couple of weeks ago.

I grabbed hold of that and the other boys pulled me out.”At 17 he took up weightlifting at a gym in Pietermaritzburg

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has written to each of its 193 member federations with

“Our fight against doping and for clean weightlifting is not ended at all,” says Tamas Ajan, the IWF

celebrating when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted its “conditional inclusion” status for weightlifting

out by the IOC on stored samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012.The March 26 decision to welcome weightlifting

“We are continually trying to change the culture of weightlifting in some countries.”The letter from

seven-year-old sample ©Getty Images“However, at the same time our fight against doping and for clean weightlifting

A seminar which covered anti-doping and rule changes was staged by the Slovak Weightlifting Federation

the qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Knowledge was also shared on how to develop weightlifting

opened by Jan Stefanik, the President of the SWF, and an anti-doping talk was led by International Weightlifting

 The seminar was held over two days and was attended by more than 30 people ©International Weightlifting

better known as ADAMS – which has caused controversy.More than 40 lifters were barred from the European Weightlifting

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has added the country's national governing bodies for archery, cricket, shooting and volleyball as associate members, they have announced.

cycling, gymnastics, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, netball, rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon, weightlifting

received their respective men's and women's Lifter of the Year prizes for 2018 as the International Weightlifting

the title for the second time in a row and stated she is very grateful to her fans and the Spanish Weightlifting

Having a leading role in women’s weightlifting and earning this honour is a dream come true," she said

more motivated to perform well after receiving the trophy for the second time and thanked the Georgian Weightlifting

I hope I can make weightlifting even more popular in my country and motivate young people to choose this

 European Weightlifting Federation President Antonio Urso and general secretary Hasan Akkus were

Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) have appointed Commonwealth Games medallist Tom Iquaibom as chair of the organisation’s Technical and Development Commission.

coach in the state of Akwa Ibom following his retirement, as well as holding roles within the Nigeria Weightlifting

 He also clinched gold medals at the 1983 and 1985 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.Iquaibom

More than 10 top weightlifters, including a 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, have been recalled from the Indian national training camp in Patiala and provisionally banned after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Gold Coast Games, India won five gold, two silver and an equal number of bronze medals.International Weightlifting

USA Powerlifting has rejected a proposal to lift its ban on female transgender athletes.

 Laurel Hubbard has divided opinion in weightlifting ©Getty Images"While male to female may be weaker

It is not fair to force women to compete with men," she said.In weightlifting, New Zealand's transgender

Games before withdrawing with an elbow problem.Hubbard has been cleared to compete by the International Weightlifting