about the unfairness of weigh-in regulations have led to a change in the rules by the International Weightlifting

Males and females of all ages will have to wear a weightlifting uniform when they weigh in, and any mention

the European Championships.The simplified rules state merely that "athletes must be weighed in their weightlifting

with the updated rules.The Azerbaijan flag was set on fire during the Opening Ceremony of the European Weightlifting

They have all been very good about the changes," said Tina-Marie Bendix-Beiter, chair of the European Weightlifting

all-weight competitions, which are used in some national championships and in new events such as street weightlifting

The twice postponed Francophone Games are at last set to open today in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid heightened security in the host city.

to compete in a programme comprising of athletics,basketball, boxing, cycling, football, handball, weightlifting

The Federal Government of Australia has announced extra funding to support athletes preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Swimming Australia, Athletics Australia, AusCycling, Australian Sailing, Australian Taekwondo, Australian Weightlifting

Urban weightlifting has made its mark again, this time at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)

Large crowds watched the action in Maribor’s historic central square, Glavni Trg, where weightlifting

We need to make weightlifting more attractive to a wider audience and these events help to do that,"

demonstration event as part of EYOF 2023 helped to "write a new chapter of weightlifting history" according

to EWF President Antonio Conflitti ©EWF"We told the athletes, ‘we are writing a new chapter of weightlifting

platform ©EWF"Since the IWF organised the first international street weightlifting event in Lausanne

On the waterfront in Port of Spain, not far from where many of the officials and teams for are set to stay during the Commonwealth Youth Games, which are due to open on Friday (August 4), there is a frieze which pays tribute to every Olympic medallist from Trinidad and Tobago with outsize reproductions of the medals won.

Olympics as the only weightlifter in a team of five which included three athletes and a cyclist.The weightlifting

Weightlifters taking part in the European and Asian Junior Championships over the next two weeks could be the first generation to take full advantage of a "reinvention" of the sport when they reach the peak of their careers.

competitions will feature after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games if, as expected, members of the International Weightlifting

next IWF Congress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in September.Antonio Urso, the IWF’s general secretary, said weightlifting

My dream is to cancel the pressout, to make weightlifting simple - you lift the bar, or you don’t lift

communications company, have drawn up the draft Strategic Plan after considering input from all parts of "the weightlifting

Forrester Osei, chair of the IWF Athletes Commission, welcomed "the idea of reinventing weightlifting

Weightlifting is heading towards a future that could feature not just different kinds of competition

In the most collaborative exercise ever undertaken by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

His hope is that weightlifting will "think with a commercial head and become the leader in the wider

We want not just a new kind of weightlifting, but a new kind of weightlifter."

With that in place the federation can begin to realise the full potential of weightlifting."

, we believe weightlifting can experience rapid growth in the future."

The Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) has held a community sports awareness programme in Port Vila, attended by 356 people.

venues for the two-day event.Participants of all age groups played hockey, tennis, volleyball, rugby, weightlifting

A record number of athletes is set to take part in this year’s 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

sport, with 43 countries entering teams.A total of 11 sports, including boxing, aquatics, shooting, weightlifting

Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put an end to the volatile situation in her state of Manipur.

Don Opeloge led the way for a strong Samoa team at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships at which

That was truly a world class performance," said Paul Coffa, general secretary of the Commonwealth Weightlifting

Saudi Arabia was announced as the host of the 2027 Pan Arab Games at the conclusion of the multi-sport event in Algeria.

across badminton, judo, swimming, athletics, football, fencing, cycling, wrestling, karate, boxing, weightlifting

topped the medal table with two golds, one silver and eight bronzes.They also picked up two golds in weightlifting

Two members of the weightlifting refugee team are in despair about the prospect of missing the biggest

The Team was set up by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) this year with the aim of helping

When I joined the team [in April] my passion for weightlifting was as strong as ever, but if I can’t

I have done weightlifting all my life, my dream has always been to go to the Olympic Games, but I am

in Tokyo for Cameroon, finishing 11th at 87kg, is happy with the training support she gets from the weightlifting

The current project is funded through to the World Championships and Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting

Algeria surpassed the 100 gold-medal mark on the final day of competition as they delighted the home fans again at the Pan Arab Games.

defeated Tunisia in straight sets to strike gold before the men finished runner-up to Libya.Egypt enjoyed weightlifting

Two of the most popular weightlifters in Oceania and a record-breaking young woman from Ireland are on the list of 10 athletes who will receive financial help in their quest to qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

Others who will receive payments from the new International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athlete Direct