Commonwealth Games Federation President Louise Martin has sought to allay the fears of India that they will only have 135 athletes competing at Gold Coast 2018.

India has qualified in all weight categories in both Men's and Women's Weightlifting (of which 8 male

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is set to hold an Executive Board meeting and Congress

They come at a time when the IWF is hoping to persuade the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that weightlifting

the retesting of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.Thomas Bach, the IOC President, said weightlifting

had a "massive doping problem".Last month, it was confirmed that weightlifting will hand over its anti-doping

which has been advising the world governing body before the December deadline to convince the IOC that weightlifting

among the favourites to top the medal table.The IWF Sport Programme Commission’s recommendations for weightlifting

selected to compete for New Zealand at Gold Coast 2018 after being named in their 12-strong weightlifting

was previously national junior record-holder in the male 105kg class before transitioning.Australian Weightlifting

 "We saw some great results at the 2017 Commonwealth and Oceania Weightlifting Championships which

New Zealand has won 39 weightlifting medals at the Commonwealth Games.They will seek further success

One of the last remaining barriers to gender parity in weightlifting is to come down next year when women

countries never to have taken part in the sport, which was officially sanctioned by the International Weightlifting

Federation, said: "We have established the Iran Weightlifting Federation Women Committee and we have

Egypt's Sara Ahmed is the first woman from an Arab country to win an Olympic weightlifting medal ©Getty

ImagesIran has one of the strongest male weightlifting cultures in the world.

It is an aim of the governing body to have weightlifting for men and women in every country.Last year

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has today announced a partnership with REDTORCH, a London-based

to working with REDTORCH on a digital campaign that connects people worldwide who have a passion for weightlifting

REDTORCH, said: "It’s not often you have the opportunity to partner with a sport that has the heritage of weightlifting

This is going to be a weightlifting meet unlike any other," Phil Andrews, USA Weightlifting chief executive

In international sport’s game of hot potato, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been tossed the most sizzling of spuds by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

to shy away from the taking responsibility should the athlete ultimately be caught.The International Weightlifting

Have individual bans for athletes really had an impact on the number of positive tests in weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation have now opted for the line of collective responsibility in

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has offered its condolences to the family of three-time

The Ghana Olympic Committee has announced grants totalling £5,000 ($6,600/€5,600) for seven of the country's athletes, in preparation for next April's Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast.

beat the Republic of Congo's Saka Suraju at the 2015 African Games.Osarfo won six medals at the Africa Weightlifting

The Weightlifting Working Group of Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) held a three-day meeting

led by Nicolas Hurel, the head of ORIS at the International Olympic Committee (IOC).The International Weightlifting

represented by director general Attila Adamfi and competition manager Matyas Lencser.Reiko Chinen, the weightlifting

requirements that will have to be delivered at Tokyo 2020, including the processes and time limits.The ORIS Weightlifting

consideration the possible upcoming changes in the qualification system and bodyweight categories.The ORIS Weightlifting

experiences of implementation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ©IWFEarlier this week, it was confirmed that weightlifting

Triple Paralympic champion Ewa Durska has received the World Fair Play Diploma from the International Fair Play Committee after selling one of her gold medals to help a nine-year-old girl with cancer.

who have sold their medals for good causes.Earlier this week, it was announced that Iranian Olympic weightlifting

Weightlifting is set to adopt a new qualification system for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, based on individual

A three-day meeting of the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Sport Programme Commission

Zhiyong Shi, of China, competes during the men's 69kg Group A weightlifting contest at the Rio 2016 Olympic

 Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan sets a new world record and wins the gold medal in the men's 94kg weightlifting

IWF and chairs its Technical Committee; Reiko Chinen, from Japan, a Technical Committee member and weightlifting

Federation; and Matthew Curtain, a former weightlifting official who is now director of sport and International

Iranian Olympic weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami has announced that he will sell his gold medal

Niue and the Cook Islands have become the latest recipients of the Gold Coast 2018 Queen’s Baton, as the relay continues through the Oceania region.

every edition since.They sent 26 athletes to Glasgow 2014 and are hopeful of boasting competitors in weightlifting

Russian weightlifter Ruslan Albegov, an Olympic bronze medallist at London 2012, has been suspended on suspicion of doping.

gold medallist in 2012 and 2013 and a Summer Universiade winner in Kazan in 2013.The International Weightlifting

finished fourth at this year's European Championships in Split, had been the only male Russian weightlifting

One of the best teenage weightlifters in the world has chosen not to compete at the International Weightlifting

to go,” said Cikamatana from Noumea, where she lives and trains for six hours a day at the Oceania Weightlifting

only 81kg, which puts her in a difficult position for the Tokyo Olympics, said Coffa, the Oceania Weightlifting