Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue has claimed the latest Chef de Mission seminar for Samoa 2019 will aid the efficiency of preparations with just 128 days left until the start of this year’s Pacific Games.

but the vast majority will now stay in accommodation provided by the Methodist Church in Faleula.Only weightlifting

super-heavyweight world champion Tatiana Kashirina suffered her first defeat since 2012 at the International Weightlifting

There were another two world records for host nation China at the International Weightlifting Federation

(IWF) World Cup in Fuzhou - where the all-round success of Chinese weightlifting is clear to see in

world - better even than the Soviet Union in the past," said Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting

is working to form a closer relationship between Russia and China, has also visited another Chinese weightlifting

My father went into weightlifting after a friend of his, who was a weightlifting referee, introduced

Originally, back in the years when Europe dominated weightlifting, ZKC imported their steel from Germany

because athletes were not happy with the quality of domestic steel.As the balance in weightlifting swung

lifts as she won the women’s 64 kilograms, the only competitive event on day three of the International Weightlifting

10-year-olds from Luo Xing Zhong Xin Xiao Xue elementary school in Fuzhou, which runs a successful weightlifting

On another world record breaking day for hosts China at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

China, and a resounding defeat for a North Korean Olympic champion, on day one of the International Weightlifting

An array of Olympic and world champions from North Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Indonesia will line up at the World Cup Olympic qualifying competition here in Fuzhou over the next five days - but collectively they are unlikely to upstage the host nation's formidable team.

of past doping problems, North Korea and China will be at full strength.At last year's International Weightlifting

qualifying points for Tokyo 2020.If their recent achievements make China the dominant force in world weightlifting

are likely to stay at the top for many years to come.The depth of future talent is remarkable, as the weightlifting

is good for the health and wellbeing of children.At the Luo Xing school, classes of 50 use the weightlifting

principal, Xu Jiayan.Because she is keen on the sport, Xu was able to gain support for her school's weightlifting

The recent spate of doping violations in weightlifting - 22 athletes suspended in the past three months

That is the message from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) as the sport enters what is

Olympic Games - to date Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia - can send only two.Russian Weightlifting

those nations with three or more positives in a year, and not everybody is happy with that.The Russian Weightlifting

Like any other sport, making sure that weightlifting is clean is a team effort."

and are very happy with the message it sends to young athletes thinking of committing themselves to weightlifting

The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation World Cup is set to begin tomorrow in Fuzhou in China

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo has expressed his confidence the Pan and Parapan American Games in Lima will prove successful after touring the Athletes’ Village.

Production, Raúl Pérez-Reyes, were also present.Officials from the country’s Para-badminton, judo and weightlifting

Tahiti have expressed concerns over accommodation for Samoa 2019 following a visit from their delegation in advance of the Pacific Games.

but the vast majority will now stay in accommodation provided by the Methodist Church in Faleula.Only weightlifting

Thailand has been announced as the host country of a World Para Powerlifting World Cup for the first time with the city of Pattaya due to stage a competition later this year.

comes at a time when there is pressure on the nation to withdraw as hosts of the 2019 International Weightlifting

Sohrab Moradi, one of the world's best weightlifters who was seen as a strong favourite to win a second Olympic gold medal next year, is likely to miss Tokyo 2020 because of a serious back injury suffered in training this week.

ImagesOnly on Monday (February 11), Moradi was named runner-up behind Lasha Talakhadze in the International Weightlifting

had stood since 1999, set by triple Olympic champion Kakhi Kakhiashvili.Another big name in Iranian weightlifting

Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze and Spain's Lidia Valentín have been named the respective men's and women's Lifters of the Year for 2018, repeating the feat they achieved for 2017. 

More than 30,000 votes were cast on the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) website with 17,800

the Year trophies - named after Hungarian journalist Jenő Boskovics who was editor-in-chief of World Weightlifting

Two more of Thailand’s medallists from the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships