Joanna Łochowska of Poland improved on her bronze medal last year to win gold at the European Weightlifting

Tamás Aján is facing six challengers for the Presidency of the International Weightlifting Federation

Wenguang, Ali Moradi of Iran, Monico Puentevella of The Philippines, Romania's Nicu Vlad and European Weightlifting

Jaloud of Iraq.Antonio Urso, right, is mounting another challenge for the IWF Presidency ©IWFRussian Weightlifting

candidates for the role of first vice-president.Agapitov is trying to change the culture of Russian weightlifting

a series of damning doping revelations that made 2016 arguably the worst year on record for Olympic weightlifting

have the chance to lobby the electorate during the ongoing World Youth Championships and the European Weightlifting

claimed his first-ever continental crown after winning the men's 56 kilograms title at the European Weightlifting

continue tomorrow when medals will be awarded in the women’s 53kg and 58kg categories.The International Weightlifting

Georgia's reigning world and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze is leading the entry lists for the European Weightlifting

win at Rio 2016, leads a strong entry list for the men's over 105 kilograms division in the European Weightlifting

over-90kg division.Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan - three other countries all facing International Weightlifting

Ashgabat will face a major test in the build-up to September's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games when three test events take place at the same time next month.

be held at the end of April in the Ashgabat Olympic Complex as part of a Test Event Series.The Asian Weightlifting

Championships will take place between April 23 and 29 at the Weightlifting Arena.A continental kickboxing

The National Badminton League (NBL) has been scrapped with immediate effect, Badminton England has announced as the fallout from the sport losing all of its funding for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games continues.

doubles.Badminton England then failed with an appeal, along with archery, fencing, table tennis and weightlifting

UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has called for a move away from International Federations being led by people who have been elected on the back of serving time in their sport, but admits he does not know if it will happen after comparing it to asking "turkeys to vote for Christmas".

Christy.Badminton was one of the five Olympic sports - along with archery, fencing, table tennis and weightlifting

High jump world record holder Stefka Kostadinova has been re-elected President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) after standing unopposed for a fresh four-year term. 

 Challenging doping problems will be another priority after the country's weightlifting team were

Ivan Abadzhiev, a legendary former weightlifter turned coach from Bulgaria, has died at the age of 85.

Widely known as the "Pope of Weightlifting", he is credited with playing a leading role in the sport's

scandal during his career.The Bulgarian team he coached was sent home from the Seoul 1988 Games after two weightlifting

Weightlifter Óscar Figueroa has reflected on his journey to gold at Rio 2016 in the latest episode of the Olympic Channel original series Against All Odds.

An Olympic Solidarity Forum has begun a week of meetings due to conclude with the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly here on Saturday (April 1).

Imo, elected President of the American Samoa National Olympic Committee last month.The American Samoa Weightlifting

The President of Weightlifting Ireland, Colin Buckley, visited the Hungarian capital of Budapest to hold

talks with International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Tamás Aján.

Buckley chairs the European Weightlifting Federation's Coaching and Research Committee, with support

IWFThere was further a blow to weightlifting's miserable anti-doping record on Friday when double British weightlifting

a metabolite of stanozolol.It followed an in-competition test on June 12, 2016, during the British Weightlifting

Badminton England and British Weightlifting are among the seven national governing body’s to benefit

Weightlifting was also one of the five Olympic sports - along with archery, badminton, fencing and table

tennis - which had its UK Sport funding cut entirely for the four-year Tokyo 2020 cycle.British Weightlifting

million (£21.8 million/€20.2 million) and £23.5 million ($29.3 million/€27.1 million) given in 2013.Weightlifting

Two-time British weightlifting champion Shila Panjavi has been suspended from all sport for four years

It follows an in-competition test on June 12, 2016, during the British Weightlifting Championships at

Shila Panjavi was one of Britain’s leading weightlifting talents, with a bright future ahead of her in

Panjavi has stolen the dreams of those she competed against at the 2016 British Weightlifting Championships

July 8, 2016 until midnight on July 7, 2020.Her father Kazen and uncle Kamran have both competed in weightlifting

Weightlifting Fiji has been named as the winner of the Sports Organisation of the Year honour at the

the evening, with three further awards also handed to individuals associated with weightlifting.Fiji Weightlifting

impressive series of performances.He won gold in the men’s 56 kilogram category at the 2016 Australian Open Weightlifting