The most successful female coach in world weightlifting failed to turn up for a groundbreaking women's

sport to have coached Olympic and world champions.Although Kim is a familiar figure to those who follow weightlifting

world champion Ryo Un-hui, very little is known about her.Kim applied for a place at the International Weightlifting

of the opportunity to have a chance to learn from the most successful female coach in international weightlifting

We need gender equity in weightlifting, and we are having a bit of a push because education is so very

But there is a huge imbalance worldwide, with very few female coaches in international weightlifting.

Now the calendars have turned to the second month of 2019, attention switches to an intriguing and much-debated process in the Olympic world.

as it is plausible all 28 core sports on the summer programme will retain their places - yes, even weightlifting

Adelaide is the best choice to be chosen as Australia's city to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, being a better option than Perth and Sydney, it has been reported.

Centre would be home for a number of sports, including boxing, gymnastics table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting

USA Weightlifting (USAW) is continuing its attempts to change the voting rules of the International Weightlifting

with progress by the IWF in its efforts to persuade the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that weightlifting

the IOC is in reviewing its constitution.The failure of Thais including Sukanya Srisurat has plunged weightlifting

Federation President Maxim Agapitov, "to change the culture in an historically successful and storied weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) carried out a two-day technical visit to Las Vegas to

delegation in the American entertainment capital alongside operations manager Angelique Mottet.Hosts USA Weightlifting

On October 30 last year Tamás Aján, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), said

: "While we will not take anything for granted we are confident that weightlifting will remain part of

the news that six members of Thailand's World Championships team had tested positive, one poster on a weightlifting

, of Taiwan, is banned for eight years for a second doping offence.Tamás Aján said he was confident weightlifting

Weightlifting positives from the 2008 and 2012 retests now stand at 54.• December 23 - Eight new suspensions

 Compare weightlifting - 1.5 per cent detection rate from 10,570 tests, more than half of them out

The next big problem for weightlifting, and it is a very big one, is what to do about the 2019 World

Mattie Rogers has moved up the World Championships podium after a career-ending doping suspension was imposed on an Albanian medallist.

Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has been banned for eight-years by the International Weightlifting

Weightlifting is the only source of income for me and I would never do anything to ruin my career."

Albania’s National Olympic Committee, citing repeated doping problems, temporarily withdrew support for weightlifting

third in the clean and jerk at 71kg, and finished fifth overall.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

A weightlifter who tested positive for testosterone has been cleared to return to competition because of an administrative mix-up.

months that a lifter who tested positive in the United States, in the build-up to the 2017 International Weightlifting

in another, leading to representations by Chanu's team in October and November last year.The Indian Weightlifting

The issue has been addressed by the IWF with both the athlete and the Weightlifting Federation of India

Chiang Mai, Thailand, in an Olympic qualifying event, the EGAT Cup.Sahdev Yadav, secretary of the Indian Weightlifting

Championships team, taking to six the number of Thais who have failed tests from the International Weightlifting

positive.Having six positives at the IWF's biggest competition is a huge embarrassment to the Thailand Amateur Weightlifting

September 16 and 25.The President of TAWA, Boossaba Yodbangtoey, is general secretary of the Asian Weightlifting

Boossaba spoke of this year's World Championships being "better than ever" and also pointed out that weightlifting

testing techniques to ensure that the very small minority who cheat are identified and sanctioned.Thai weightlifting

earlier this month ©IWF"With the IWF's anti-doping efforts before, during and after the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has announced International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS) Handa as its official charity partner for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Sport has changed my life for the better and I honestly don't know what I'd be doing if I hadn't found weightlifting

I got into weightlifting through volunteers and a lot of my competition has been made possible by generous

International Federations, is one of four non-executive directors to have been appointed to the British Weightlifting

He is joined by Jane Fenwick, Rupinder Ashworth and Neil Wood following what British Weightlifting describes

Federation, chair of the 2023 Netball World Cup Bid Evaluation Committee and a member of the International Weightlifting

director of sport and International Federations from 2014 to 2018.Before joining the CGF, Curtain was the weightlifting

competition manager at Glasgow 2014 and weightlifting and powerlifting manager at the London 2012 Olympic

USA Weightlifting have announced a partnership with Tropical 7s Rugby as they aim to find the next generation

Florida.The competition is a USA Rugby sanctioned event.Following their partnership with Tropical 7s, USA Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting claim the event offers athletes a perfect opportunity to showcase themselves in front

The President of the Thailand Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) Boossaba Yodbangtoey visited International

Weightlifting Federation (IWF) counterpart Tamás Aján at his office in Budapest.

them both on TAWA's 60th anniversary.Aján also "expressed his appreciation" for the work TAWA does for weightlifting

Thailand this year, the EGAT's King Cup.That event is taking place in February, with Yodbangtoey claiming weightlifting

I like to think of myself as a role model for young ladies not only in weightlifting but all sports in

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee secretary general Lorraine Mar believes the country's athletes need greater funding and more top level international competition to enhance their prospects at the Pacific Games.

contested.Rugby league nines, squash, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, touch rugby, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting