Donald Trump's least favourite nation is all set to register the biggest sporting triumph in its 69-year existence - in the United States.

other nation by the exclusion of many of the world's top weightlifters from the 2017 International Weightlifting

international sporting event the restrictions should be waived.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

Russia and seven other leading nations have been banned for a year and will miss the International Weightlifting

decades.Russia had also been banned from last year’s Olympic Games for multiple offences that had “brought weightlifting

Murray Levin was involved in weightlifting across seven decades as an athlete, official, promoter and

"You could call me the last dinosaur of weightlifting," said Levin, a successful American businessman

who played a leading role in helping women’s weightlifting develop from a nonentity to a feature of

When I saw that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are talking about throwing weightlifting out

Weightlifting survived then, but this time I’m not so sure because the drugs are still there - 30 years

When the legitimacy is gone, if it is dropped from the Olympics, weightlifting will die.

Paul Tergat has been officially elected the new chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) after his only rival was ruled out from standing.

were Badminton Kenya, Kenya Cycling Federation, the Kenya Rowinig and Canoeing Federation and Kenya Weightlifting

Weightlifting executives and independent experts from all over the world gather in Bucharest in Romania

After it decides on the way forward, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has 10 weeks to

Olympic Committee (IOC) not to drop the sport, which has featured at every Games since Antwerp 1920.Weightlifting

, and more immediately which of the eight men’s bodyweight categories to drop for Tokyo 2020, where weightlifting

The retesting programme has given us a picture into the extent of the problem in weightlifting, albeit

South Africa's Sam Ramsamy has been sent by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to monitor the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) elections due to take place in Nairobi tomorrow. 

status of Badminton Kenya, Kenya Cycling Federation, the Kenya Rowinig and Canoeing Federation and Kenya Weightlifting

nbsp;controversies in the sport’s history in recent months, is in Brazil’s team for the International Weightlifting

will not have to return to court in his battle against Enrique Montero, President of the Brazilian Weightlifting

then left Reis out of the Pan American team, effectively blocking his path to the biggest event on the weightlifting

calendar this year.It led to a court case and a heated meeting of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation

to Reis since that event, and has barely spoken to him at all since he took charge of the Brazilian Weightlifting

Uzbekistan’s Rustam Djangabaev claimed the men’s over 105 kilograms gold medal to round out the weightlifting

lift of 199kg and the clean and jerk with 243kg.Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew delighted the home crowd at the Weightlifting

second in the snatch with 195kg and third in the clean and jerk with 235kg.Today was the last day of weightlifting

 China finished top of Ashgabat 2017's overall weightlifting medal standings with six golds, one

Chinese swimmers grabbed another seven medals today to continue their dominance in the short course swimming competition at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

on the first day of sambo action ©Ashgabat 2017/Lazaros Koukorikos/Laurel International ManagementIn weightlifting

take a 14kg lead into the clean and jerk in which she succeeded with 142kg for a total of 253kg at the Weightlifting

The vice president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the President of the South

American Weightlifting Confederation, Jose Quiñones, visited the IWF headquarters in Budapest to discuss

20 South American Championships.Both events will be held from December 12 to 18, while the Peruvian Weightlifting

 He said that many South American countries have made "huge progress" in the sport of weightlifting

welcomed the fact that the second South American Youth Games and the Bolivarian Games will include weightlifting

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Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke the overall men’s 94 kilograms weightlifting world record to headline

Ashgabat_2017 pic.twitter.com/eyKSaKbjNc— Attila Adamfi (@AttilaAdamfi) September 23, 2017In today’s other weightlifting

Paul Tergat could be challenged by Patrick Muyah to become the new chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) by Patrick Muyah at the election in Nairobi on Friday (September 29), it has been announced following the closure of the deadline for nominations yesterday.

 Kenya Weightlifting Association (KWA) Secretary John Ogolla and Muriithi Nabea from Football Kenya

Marjan Salahshouri won the women’s individual poomsae title on day seven of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games as Iran comfortably finished top of the final taekwondo medal standings.

8.380 points, while China were the other bronze medallists with 8.240.More medals were won today in weightlifting

was completed by Iran with 7.980 and the Philippines with 7.960.Competition also continued today in weightlifting

pressure on Sadykova, but the Fijian fell short and her hopes of taking gold were lost at the Weightlifting

Ben Nunoo Mensah, the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), has advised the country's sports federations to be "transparent and accountable" as they receive grants from the governing body.

financial contributions from sponsors and the GOC ©Getty ImagesMensah, who is also President of the Ghana Weightlifting