began their campaign with a one-two finish and two world records on the second day of the International Weightlifting

I love competing, but what really gives me the biggest buzz in weightlifting is reaching my personal

There was a memorable moment on the opening day of the 2023 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

) World Championships when Rosina Randafiarison gave Madagascar its first global medal not just in weightlifting

medal like this before, never in any sport," said Alex Randriamanarivo, President of the Madagascar Weightlifting

" and records will be made over the next two weeks.This is the first time Saudi Arabia has hosted a weightlifting

Alrowitea is the first of 10 Saudi females here, a record team size for a nation where there was no women’s weightlifting

comply with the rules by weighing in.The 49kg C Group featured one of the most remarkable women in weightlifting

After a memorable year at continental level, Irish weightlifting enjoyed a significant presence on the

global stage when the 2023 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships began here

It has really taken off - you can feel a buzz around Irish weightlifting now," said national coach Harry

Back then, there were no weightlifting-only clubs in Ireland: now Weightlifting Ireland has 29 affiliated

expo in Ireland last year has been credited with increasing female involvement in the sport ©Weightlifting

When I started in weightlifting in 1999 there were 79 athletes on the ranking list in Ireland and only

Brown said: "Anybody who is thinking of going into weightlifting can see that we now have a pathway in

into the big time on Wednesday (September 6) in the women’s 55 kilograms A Group at the International Weightlifting

He does not need to specify what he means, because everybody in weightlifting understands that "qualification

" in the next four years means the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.But as of now, weightlifting is not

ago that nothing short of "a change of culture" at the governing body would persuade the IOC to bring weightlifting

years ago, as well as many more historic cases dating back as far as 2012.Doping is still a blight on weightlifting

Weightlifting, not among the 28, is growing in popularity worldwide, especially among women.It will have

be aiming to strengthen their position at the top of the Paris 2024 rankings when the International Weightlifting

China has another major competition only a few weeks away - it hosts the Asian Games in Hangzhou, where weightlifting

Four weeks after making her international comeback, world champion weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina has been banned for eight years because a decision about a doping violation was overturned.

silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, posted the biggest total in the history of women’s weightlifting

in 2014 when she made 348 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships

The Iran Weightlifting Federation (IRIWF) has banned Mostafa Rajaei for life after he shook the hand

martyrs and all the people of Iran, I promise we will certainly never witness incidents like this in the weightlifting

Turkey has had a weightlifter provisionally suspended for a doping violation for the third time in three months, and has become the fourth nation liable to lose some or all of its quota places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

Olympians Kiana Elliott and Matthew Lydement have been named among Australia's first athlete selections for the Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games.

in a friendly but competitive multi-sport environment who are historically world-class performers in weightlifting

opportunity to perform on the international stage, and I know these athletes will represent Australia, Weightlifting

Russia’s Weightlifting Federation (RWF) has drawn up an athlete declaration and proposed to the sport

follows the refusal by Russian weightlifters to sign a declaration put forward by the International Weightlifting

This has an extremely negative impact on weightlifting in general."

It requires athletes to "promote a culture of peace and understanding within the worldwide Weightlifting

Family united in our efforts to ensure that the sport of weightlifting remains a driving force for the

Mohamed Jalood and general secretary Antonio Urso, the IWF said it was "striving to develop and promote weightlifting

Weightlifters, coaches, National Federations and, most significantly, competition organisers can take advantage of a new all-weights scoring method that has been devised by scientists and statisticians.

be a more robust system than the widely used existing formats, Sinclair Points and the International Weightlifting

Led by the German professor of statistics Marianne Huebner - a double world champion in Masters weightlifting

Sinclair Points were invented by the Canadian mathematician Roy Sinclair in 1978, when weightlifting

Roy Sinclair developed his formula on males and published it in the 1980s when women’s weightlifting

Now women’s weightlifting is booming, so hopefully this formula will even the playing field for women

are among 27 athletes who have declared their intent to weigh in without lifting at the International Weightlifting

It was a matter of "out with the old, in with the new" when weightlifting referees ditched their blazers

When the Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) conducted a quick-fire survey on social media more

Peru.At least four of those in favour of the new look are Executive Board members of the International Weightlifting

their work, they pay for their own uniforms, for their own travel and they do it because they love weightlifting

We need to modernise weightlifting and this can help."

Olympic medal for Cameroon and a man who learned how to lift in his native Cuba are among the new British weightlifting

s super-heavyweights, while seven other members of Britain’s team for the forthcoming International Weightlifting

Despite all difficulties and challenges they had in the past, their devotion for weightlifting gave a

Kakhi Asanidze, whose father Giorgi is Georgia's national head coach, is the latest weightlifter to test positive for a banned substance that can help to grow muscle mass and bone.

positive, from a sample taken on July 16, is the latest in a long list, giving weight to a theory within weightlifting

scientific advance in specific testing.In the hundreds of historic sanctions listed on the International Weightlifting