Chinese weightlifters are top of the Paris 2024 rankings in four of the 10 weight categories, and after the Asian Championships which start in Jinju, Korea, tomorrow they may take that number up to seven or eight.

High altitude at the first Olympic qualifier, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World

Organisers of the Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games have held a debriefing session in Podgorica, Montenegro to pass on knowledge to 2026 hosts Taranto and officials from the Mediterranean Beach Games to be held in Heraklion, Crete this year.

women’s boxing and mixed events in shooting being held for the first time.The 18 events on the Olympic weightlifting

The woman who was the driving force behind one of the most significant changes in modern weightlifting

delegate Matthew Curtain from Britain.Lassen, 59, was the first woman to take a seat on the International Weightlifting

Games in Beijing when her daughter Jeane lifted for Canada, making them "the first mother and daughter weightlifting

change to produce results, its legacy can be seen in the huge increase in the popularity of female weightlifting

former President Tamás Aján, centre, forced to step down due to a series of corruption scandals ©USA Weightlifting

but across the board.”That experience includes weightlifting-specific positions at London 2012 and the

The next 12 months will offer the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) plenty of chances to

on the Olympic qualifying pathway before a significant sixth and final qualifier.The International Weightlifting

and the need to promote our federation," said Niwat Limsuknirun, who represents Thailand on the Asian Weightlifting

In the weeks before those elections Thailand, already banned from Tokyo for "bringing weightlifting into

13 for national competitions and that doping was widespread in gyms and clubs around Thailand, where weightlifting

Liu was doing and blamed him for the national team’s woes.Intarat and Boossaba hold honorary roles in weightlifting

Ukraine has had a third weightlifting doping violation since the end of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

March 10 for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide and her provisional suspension, notified to the Ukraine Weightlifting

International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

ongoing charge of "tampering and complicity" when he allegedly tried to evade and bribe testers.When the weightlifting

team trained in Romania - helped by funding from global and continental governing bodies.The European Weightlifting

José Garcia is the only international weightlifter in his country and cannot speak with his coach, but that is not stopping him trying to earn a place at next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

He is strong but we have to work on technique, and because weightlifting is very technical it is important

since 2018, and the nation has had only 10 weightlifters at International Weightlifting Federation (

Coaching is our really big challenge," said Laurentino Guterres, secretary of the Timor Leste Weightlifting

She said that Garcia had told her, via Google Translate, that people in Timor were "afraid of weightlifting

 He was the last of 20 finishers at 56 kilograms.De Araújo is still involved in weightlifting and

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has been forced to make changes to its tournament calendar to enable next year’s French Open to act as a test event for the Olympics due to delays in the construction of the new Porte de la Chapelle Arena.

for badminton and Para badminton competitions and 7,000 when it stages rhythmic gymnastics and Para weightlifting

The City of Greater Geelong has revealed plans to spend almost AUD $8 million (£4.2 million/$5.3 million/€4.8 million) for the 2026 Commonwealth Games despite facing "enormous" financial challenges.

and a challenge".Geelong is set to host swimming, Para swimming, diving, triathlon, Para triathlon, weightlifting

Female weightlifters who have been told they must wear a bra when they weigh in say the rules are unfair, unclear and that "if we must wear a bra, so must the men".

led to complaints and confusion among coaches, technical officials and members of the International Weightlifting

Armenia has set a target of winning 25 Olympic gold medals by 2050 and is also using sport, and its biggest national stars, to achieve goals in health and tourism.

was to invest in sport to have a healthy nation," Harutyunyan said on the final day of the European Weightlifting

The weightlifting event, which was rated a huge success by competing teams and by the European Weightlifting

We have a very impressive history of weightlifting, gymnastics, wrestling and boxing and now we want

It is happening already: Armenia won European gold medals in weightlifting and wrestling over the weekend

Armenia is becoming a centre for weightlifting and boxing because we are developing our infrastructure

people turned up hoping to cheer their Armenian heroes to victory on the final day of the European Weightlifting

59kg.Talakhadze won by only 4kg from runner-up Gor Minasyan and 5kg from Lalayan in the International Weightlifting

audience of 4,400 today was the biggest crowd this century to watch a single session at the European Weightlifting

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) is confident that the sport will feature at the European

be the likeliest host.The reason for Conflitti's optimism is a decision taken by the EOC to promote weightlifting

at one of its flagship events in Maribor in Slovenia.Along with other sports, weightlifting will be

Damjan Canzek, President of the Weightlifting Federation of Slovenia, will be directly involved in organising

the qualifying procedures will be, how many weight categories in the Olympics and other International Weightlifting

The European Games would not want a weightlifting competition that runs for nine to 12 days, which the

Britain's Olympic silver medallist Emily Campbell won her third European weightlifting title today despite

best effort in Bogotá, Colombia in December in the first qualifier for Paris 2024, the International Weightlifting

weightlifter of the year Solfrid Koanda won another continental title on an entertaining day at the European Weightlifting

The President of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation has spoken glowingly about the efforts of Armenia

in hosting the European Weightlifting Championships - a week after speculation that the team would withdraw

For a weightlifting championship this is the best I have seen, the best competition hall, training area

Turkish Weightlifting Federation President Talat Unlu has spoken glowingly about Armenia's hosting of

This is not weightlifting," he said."

The France coach Arnaud Ferrari said: "We are very happy to be here, because in Armenia weightlifting

The top two officials at the European Weightlifting Federation, President Antonio Conflitti and general