New sports seeking to become members of the International World Games Association (IWGA) have been told they must wait at least a year before their applications are considered.

Olympics.Badminton, beach volleyball, trampolining, rugby sevens, taekwondo, triathlon and women's weightlifting

Lasha Talakhadze produced the outstanding performance of the week at the European Weightlifting Championships

Katchenko had two chances to win gold for France, whose team has had a terrible week at the European Weightlifting

The governing bodies of sports who want the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to catch and punish cheats for them will have to wait for two years, said Sir Craig Reedie, the WADA President.

Last Friday (April 8), at their annual congress, the European Weightlifting Federation voted unanimously

International Federations don’t want to join us, then it [the IOC plan] won’t work.”The International Weightlifting

bodies backing plans for WADA to assume responsibility for all drugs testing ©IWFThe International Weightlifting

outsourced its testing programme to an independent Anti-Doping Commission, completely independent from weightlifting

Armenia won gold for the second day in succession at the European Weightlifting Championships in Forde

When funding for weightlifting was cut in 2014 Tiler’s parents made a plea for sponsors in the local

champion and two-time Olympic silver medallist Andrei Rybakov has been lifted by the International Weightlifting

Budapest 2024 officially got their Olympic and Paralympic bid underway here today with a ceremony followed by the unveiling of what organisers claim is a unique and innovative logo.

sporting demonstrations in basketball, fencing, table tennis, beach volleyball, gymnastics and weightlifting

Hundreds of thousands of Armenians tuned in to the European Weightlifting Championships, broadcast

He was also his nation’s first weightlifting world champion, in 2010, and has won three European titles.He

Boyanka Kostova, the Bulgarian superstar of world weightlifting, left her rivals a long way behind

and if she wins Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in August she will be well on the way to becoming a weightlifting

and is the oldest competitor in the history of the Championships.Kostova, 22, was the International Weightlifting

If his appeal for leniency fails he will be banned for life.Bulgaria’s entire weightlifting team is

Kostova has become a big star for adopted nation Azerbaijan ©Getty ImagesUnfortunately for Boyanka weightlifting

for Azerbaijan, made her first appearance for Romania and won gold on the second day of the European Weightlifting

until her nine rivals had all finished.Cristina Iovu celebrates winning the 53kg title at the European Weightlifting

Olympic medals at over 105kg - do a lot of scientific and technical work in Rome for the European Weightlifting

"Once I tried weightlifting with a friend, and I loved it.

Sema Arcaturk, who finished fourth overall.Hursit Atak won the men's 63kg category at the European Weightlifting

Eleven of their lifters tested positive at a training camp in March, 2015, and the International Weightlifting

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) director general Attila Adamfi has claimed his sport is

"This is what we have to do," Adamfi told insidethegames here at the endof the Rio 2016 weightlifting

nbsp;Almir Velagić claimed men’s over 105 kilograms heavyweight gold today to close the Rio 2016 weightlifting

Reis, the two-time Pan American Games champion regarded as the best prospect of a home weightlifting

“We are happy it went well,” International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) director general Attila Adamfi

under 48kg honours.Colombia were awarded the men’s overall team competition trophy by South American Weightlifting

Turkey and Italy took the honours on day one of the European Weightlifting Championships at here today

be training especially hard before Rio [2016].”Italy's Mirco Scarantino celebrates winning European Weightlifting

the 56kg category ©Getty ImagesAs a girl, Ozkan played judo from the age of nine.Soon after trying weightlifting

She was inspired by the two great heroes of Turkish weightlifting, multiple Olympic and world champions

Weightlifting has taken the first step towards handing control of its anti-doping programme to the World

The European Weightlifting Federation’s (EWF) congress voted unanimously today in Forde, Norway, to

would make all testing and sanctions independent of the sport.The next step is for the International Weightlifting

Weightlifting is on course to become the first.

“People outside the sport know weightlifting for the wrong reasons, only for all the positive tests,

“Weightlifting was never afraid to catch its biggest stars if they cheated and we believe that this

…insidethegames.biz will be in Norway covering the European Weightlifting Championships?

place from April 10 to 16, this exciting event is crucial for Rio 2016 qualification.Follow the latest weightlifting

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