Tamás Aján has today been re-elected for a fifth term as President of the International Weightlifting

 He has also pledged to establish women's weightlifting in all member nations.Tamás Aján pictured

(IOC) and a Foundation Board member of the World Anti-Doping Agency and will use his status to help weightlifting

The most important fact is that weightlifting has not only remained on the Olympic programme but has

Tussupbekov of Kazakhstan and Petr Krol of the Czech Republic.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

17 per cent, was more than any other governing body.Tamás Aján will begin a fifth term in charge of weightlifting

Thirty years ago there had never been a Women's World Championship in weightlifting. 

 She started as a volunteer in the Yukon Weightlifting Association when her daughter, Jeane, took

I was a technical official and Jeane was competing - the first mother and daughter weightlifting team

Our main goal while competing in the 1990s was to see women's weightlifting in the Olympics."

 She was the first full-term female President elected by USA Weightlifting."

 "Sometimes I write little philosophical statements, and often they apply to weightlifting."

Weightlifters who have been disqualified from podium positions at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games for testing positive could damage their countries’ future prospects if they fail to return the medals as part of the sport's new anti-doping policy.

sanction nations for individuals’ failure to return forfeited medals has been given to the International Weightlifting

candidate Antonio Urso has made one last push in his campaign to be elected President of the International Weightlifting

 The prevalence of doping within weightlifting, and the negative publicity it generates, is the

a prominent campaigner.The two main contenders are Urso, the 55-year-old President of the European Weightlifting

I have submitted my candidature because I want to keep on serving the Federation and weightlifting,"

Olympic Committee and a Foundation Board member of WADA.Main campaigning points: Establishing women’s weightlifting

Urso has written eight books on weightlifting and is working on a ninth, on training young people.

From the North Atlantic to the South Pacific, the view is the same: weightlifting needs unity more than

It is not necessarily going to get it though.Next Monday, the International Weightlifting Federation

been scathing in his criticism of Aján’s regime in his campaign documents and talks of “people who use weightlifting

33 of those years, one of his strongest allies has been Paul Coffa, general secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting

 But Coffa, an Australian who has been involved in weightlifting for more than 50 years, wants change

Aján knows how to win elections and has shown no signs of stepping aside.He remains positive about weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Lagardère Sports have reached a new multi-year media

agency will serve as a consultant to the IWF to "reimagine" the IWF Grand Prix, a series of high-level weightlifting

the next three IWF World Championships ©Getty Images"We’re thrilled to partner with the International Weightlifting

This will result in a better outcome for everyone involved with the sport of weightlifting, including

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamas Ajan, the Hungarian who has been in key

Ajan, 78, has pledged to challenge cultural attitudes in some countries by establishing women's weightlifting

magazine: "I have submitted my candidature because I want to keep on serving the Federation and weightlifting

 Tamas Ajan says he has "a lot of ideas and projects" for weightlifting ©Getty Images"I have a lot

The emergence and growth of women's weightlifting has been one of the key features of Ajan's lengthy

©Getty Images"I feel lucky to have been able to take a leading role in the progress of weightlifting

Thomas Wesselhoff, the recently elected President of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation (SWF), has

heart attack yesterday morning.He was preparing to travel to Thai capital Bangkok for the International Weightlifting

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised a plan put forward by the country’s Independent Public Anti-Doping Commission (IPADC) to help tackle athletes taking performance enhancing drugs.

governing bodies including the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and International Weightlifting

The delay in imposing bans against nine nations who are among the worst doping cheats in weightlifting

instituting reforms, for example, or simply remaining in denial of any wrongdoing.Last June the International Weightlifting

retests, and unsuccessful appeals to CAS by Kazakhstan, the country with the worst doping record in weightlifting

is no chance of everything being decided within a year of the original decision according to German Weightlifting

administration.Ukraine's Yulia Kalina was the first athlete to be stripped of a medal ©Getty Images“Of course weightlifting

 Maxim Agapitov, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, said: “We hope that the IWF

Sambo will feature at the European Games after being included as one of 16 sports at Minsk 2019, but aquatics will not be at on the second edition of the multi-sport event.

contested.Aquatics, fencing, taekwondo and triathlon were contested in Baku, but will not feature at Minsk 2019.Weightlifting

A USA Weightlifting delegation has visited Moscow to discuss the reformation of the Russian Weightlifting

Agapitov hosted USA Weightlifting President Ursula Garza-Papandrea and chief executive Phil Andrews in

Russia’s capital.Russia is appealing for leniency from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

Russian administration the opportunity to prove it can make a valuable contribution to the sport of weightlifting

The USA Weightlifting delegation toured Russia's National Centre for Sports Medicine and the athletic

Presidential candidate Antonio Urso in Rome, while the latter was in attendance at the Pan American Weightlifting

The Minsk 2019 European Games will have a positive impact on Belarus' tourism sector, according to MPs in the country.

for hosting the event were among the items discussed during the visit.Plans to include archery and weightlifting

Bahrain produced a phenomenal day on the athletics track at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, winning three gold medals in Baku.

11-7 to win bronze.Turkey beat Iran in the final of the men's water polo competition ©Getty ImagesIn weightlifting

narrowly outside the medal positions in fourth at Rio 2016, won with a a total of 275kg at the Baku Weightlifting

Mohammadreza Barari won the men's under-105kg gold medal while Uzbekistan's Rustam Djangabaev won the last weightlifting

Preparations for the Minsk 2019 European Games are expected to be on the agenda when the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Executive Committee hold their second meeting of the year here tomorrow.

for hosting the event were among the items discussed during the visit.Plans to include archery and weightlifting