By Gary AndersonOctober 4 - Paralympics Ireland inducted three of the country's greatest athletes, Bridie Lynch, Michael Cunningham and Oliver Murphy into its Hall of Fame at the official dinner of the 10th European Paralympic Committee (EPC) General Assembly and Conference in Dublin.

three further Paralympic Games at Tokyo 1964, Tel Aviv 1968 and Heidelberg 1972, competing in weightlifting

By Paul OsborneSeptember 30 - Three athletes have been selected for the world class programme (WCP) after impressing national governing body, British Weight lifting.

to march alongside their flag and have their national anthem played at the Asian Cup and Interclub Weightlifting

Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium in the Northern capital as the event was organised by the Asian Weightlifting

By Nick Butler at The Hilton in Buenos AiresSeptember 7 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has added its congratulations to Tokyo after the Japanese city won the race here to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

competing in nine sports.These were archery, athletics, dartchery, snooker, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting

By Emily GoddardAugust 30 - Pedro León Torres has been re-elected President of the Venezuela Weightlifting

By James CrookAugust 26 - Gwangju 2015, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), have successfully held their international youth mentoring programme, the EPICS Forum.

first female vice-president of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), Jang Mi-ran, Olympic weightlifting

By Nick Butler at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Rugby FieldAugust 19 - Hong Kong's rugby sevens team provided one of the defining moments of the Asian Youth Games so far by defying several torrential downpours to beat bitter rivals Japan in a thrilling semi-final before maintaining their form to defeat Thailand in the final.

gold medals in judo but China continued to lead the way with seven titles, three of them coming in weightlifting

By Nick Butler at the Nanjing International Expo CentreAugust 17 - China's diminutive weightlifter Huihua Jiang dominated the women's under 48 kilogram division to win the first gold medal of the Asian Youth Games here on the first day of widespread competition after last night's Opening Ceremony.

events across all three of the sports in which medals were up for grabs.Chongsong Ri won the men's 62kg weightlifting

By Emily GoddardAugust 5 - Israeli weightlifter Shimon Barak, who survived the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics, has died at the age of 59.

nbsp;Barak (pictured top) was a significant figure in leading his nation back into the international weightlifting

competition he embarked on a career as an official in the sport, and served as a member of the International Weightlifting

held in Israel under his watch was the third International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Weightlifting

The IWF and the weightlifting family mourn his untimely departure and share the grief of his family."

By Gary AndersonJune 27 - A new logo for the 2013 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World

Championships has been unveiled at a press conference in Wroclaw as the Polish Weightlifting Federation

which doubled up as the World Championships for men.Women were first allowed to compete in the Olympic weightlifting

Weightlifting is a great sport with a long tradition," said Dutkiewicz."

the people of Wroclaw and Lower Silesia for their support in organising the event.The double Olympic weightlifting

at London 2012, winning a bronze medalAt London 2012 Poland came joint fifth with the Ukraine in the weightlifting

By Emily GoddardJune 25 - Istanbul 2020 has insisted it "anticipates no problems" with the proposed Olympic venues at the city's Taksim Cluster after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned of a lack of space around the arenas in its Evaluation Commission report.

year.However, Istanbul 2020 has defended its plans for the site, which is scheduled to host rugby sevens and weightlifting

The Taksim Cluster will host the rugby sevens at the İnönü Stadium and the weightlifting at the Congress

By Duncan MackayJune 25 - A signal has been sent to Istanbul in the Evaluation Commission report published today by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that lack of space around the Taksim Precinct, the scene of rioting by anti-Government protesters for the last three weeks, could be an issue if it is awarded the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

document notes.The Taksim Precinct is due to host the rugby sevens at the Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium and the weightlifting

The Taksim cluster will host the rugby sevens at the İnönü Stadium and the weightlifting at the Congress

By Gary AndersonJune 23 - Millions of people of all ages and abilities took part in World Olympic Day over the weekend, the 65th occasion on which the celebration has taken place. 

of young people attended an Olympic concert at the Tokyo International Forum - the planned venue for weightlifting

game these days.Consider some of the more recent appointments to the chief executive's chair: British Weightlifting

By Duncan Mackay at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St PetersburgMay 30 - American shot putter Adam Nelson has been officially awarded the 2004 Athens Olympic gold medal following the disqualification of Ukraine's Yuriy Bilonoh, it was announced here today.

added a medal to its Athens collection with Reyhan Arabacioglu being awarded bronze in the men's 77-kg weightlifting