collaboration and next year's Youth World Championships were among the main topics discussed as the USA Weightlifting

leadership met with senior International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) officials in Budapest.

USA Weightlifting President Ursula Papandrea, also an IWF vice-president, and chief executive Phil Andrews

for one nation each from the four continents and for four nations form the Pan American region.A USA Weightlifting

in Budapest ©Getty Images"We're proud of the work we are doing to help grow women's participation in weightlifting

thanks and gratitude to the IWF for their continuing commitment to education and growing the sport of weightlifting

Egypt’s weightlifters, at least two of whom would be strong medal contenders, are in danger of missing the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of a slew of 2016 doping positives by teenagers.

in popularity of the sport among Egyptian girls.Ehab and Mahmoud Mahgoub, President of the Egyptian Weightlifting

Federation (EWF), both said that the positives were the result of a conspiracy and that Egyptian weightlifting

was "clean".A new disciplinary body set up by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will

of the athletes the process of dealing with the cases was protracted, but is now complete.Egyptian Weightlifting

I am satisfied that weightlifting in Egypt is now clean."

Morghan King of the United States and Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia have been named as Athlete Role Models (ARMs) for this year's Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

The appointments were made jointly by the International Weightlifting Federation and the International

I am so honoured to be an Athlete Role Model at the Youth Olympic Games," King told USA Weightlifting

US Olympian Morghan King is one of two named Athlete Role Models in weightlifting at Buenos Aires 2018

achievement and I’m excited to celebrate the top young athletes across the globe”"Figueroa started weightlifting

became a much respected and successful athlete in his country.He is the only male Olympic medallist in weightlifting

Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, asked to host this year's World Weightlifting Championships at short

That judgement was voiced by International Weightlifting Federation officials who concluded their second

announcement came after scheduled hosts Lima had agreed to hand the event over "to support the weightlifting

Nemeth-Mora said.An IWF delegation visiting Ashgabat, Turkmenistan prior to its hosting of this year's World Weightlifting

Samoa 2019 chief executive Falefata Hele Matatia has expressed his hope that next year's Pacific Games will help the country to become a centre of excellence for sport in the region.

part in four sports.They will compete in beach volleyball, judo, rugby sevens, sailing, taekwondo and weightlifting

A series of changes have been approved in an effort to add "further value" to competitions at the Pacific Games, while a motion to add women's rugby league nines was ratified.

at their General Assembly here today.The PGC Executive Board agreed that beach volleyball, judo and weightlifting

competition.Additionally, it would form part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification process for the sports, with the weightlifting

UK Sport has been urged by the governing bodies of 12 British sports to end its funding policy that places heavy emphasis on medal success and apply "at least a baseline level of funding" to all Olympic and Paralympic sports.

, British Handball, GB Luge, GB Wheelchair Rugby, Table Tennis England, British Volleyball, British Weightlifting

Kiribati's first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Katoatau has been named as an Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) ambassador for climate change as he seeks to raise awareness of the issue.

The Glasgow 2014 weightlifting champion has been central to highlighting the impact of climate change

one of the most vulnerable in the world due to rising water levels.Katoatau, who retired from weightlifting

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) members have been encouraged to make the most of the opportunity presented through training camps in the Japanese prefecture Fukuoka.

athletes who took part in the trial camp have already achieved strong results.Athletics, judo, swimming, weightlifting

sport’s training camp, which is earmarked to take place from September 4 to October 1.Wrestling and weightlifting

Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan will have their doping-related suspensions from international weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said that Turkey will be free to participate at youth

On the day after his two-year suspension ended Ilya Ilyin, the weightlifter who forfeited two Olympic gold medals because of doping, has publicly declared his intent to compete at Tokyo 2020.

On the same day the Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation (WFRK) explained its decision to challenge the

form of a restriction on the number of athletes, which contradicts the interests of our country, where weightlifting

We considered it our duty to uphold the positions of Kazakhstan's weightlifting and decided to appeal

Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation President Zhanat Tusupbekov, right, claims his country have already

disappointment after boycotting athletes did not attend a meeting aimed at resolving their dispute with Fiji Weightlifting

organisation felt a positive step had been taken with athletes having been "prepared to have dialogue with the Weightlifting

would be held at Fiji Olympic House in Suva.They hoped that at Levuka officials who are on the Board of Weightlifting

and senior athletes would for the meeting yesterday.FASANOC have expressed disappointment that while Weightlifting

Having done its part, FASANOC will respect the autonomy of Weightlifting Fiji, as an affiliated National

Weightlifting Fiji claimed Tavakoli had been appointed as part of a programme to take the nation to a

Samoa 2019 will be the final edition of the Pacific Games to feature more than 24 sports, with the multi-sport event set to be capped for future editions.

taekwondo, tennis and triathlon.Rugby sevens, sailing, swimming, volleyball - both indoor and beach - weightlifting

A total of 22 sports on the Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme will act as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it has been announced.

tennis, sailing, shooting, skateboarding, surfing, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, water polo and weightlifting

A total of 2,018 messages of support for athletes competing at Buenos Aires 2018 have been left at the Youth Olympic Games Village by schoolchildren from across the Argentinian capital.

on by International Federations.Children took part in sports such as volleyball, judo, wrestling and weightlifting