Olympic weightlifting champion Christine Girard has been announced as Canada's Chef de Mission for

Girard claimed under-63 kilograms bronze at Beijing 2008 before becoming Canada’s first-ever Olympic weightlifting

ethical and fair sport.She is an International Testing Agency education ambassador and an International Weightlifting

Federation Anti-Doping Commission member.During her weightlifting career, Girard won a full set of Commonwealth

One of my goals as Chef de Mission is to pay that forward.Canada will be led by Olympic weightlifting

British Olympic and Paralympic athletes training for Paris 2024 have been given extra funding with one year to go.

 Basketball, climbing, fencing, skateboarding, surfing, table tennis and weightlifting make up the

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) held its first intercontinental meeting under new President

who was elected in the summer of 2022, says the federation is looking to "accelerate the growth of weightlifting

continental federations will be crucial to achieving our objectives to shape a new and thriving future for weightlifting

 "We are excited to work together to accelerate the growth of weightlifting in line with the principles

International Weightlifting Federation President Mohammed Jalood says the organisation is looking to

International Olympic Committee has been critical of the IWF's governance over the past two years, with weightlifting

months after Nooh Dastgir Butt became a national hero by winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, his weightlifting

impossible for Butt, who is said to have "taken himself out of Olympic qualifying rounds" by a Pakistan Weightlifting

He has contacted the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes Commission for help and said

The conflict" is a reference to the fact that there are two bodies claiming to be in charge of weightlifting

Board, which is part of a Government ministry.Hafiz Imran Butt, an Executive Board member of the Asian Weightlifting

Pakistan in international competitions only after recording and evaluating their performance in national weightlifting

female world champion when she won a sweep of golds in the women's 87 kilograms at the International Weightlifting

Colombia.She was also without her usual support team of Stian Grimseth, President of the Norwegian Weightlifting

An Egyptian weightlifting coach who has successfully challenged a lifetime ban says he was "offered up

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), is now planning to file another case against the International Weightlifting

2020 when he was provisionally suspended ©Khaled KoranyKorany had finished his role with the Egyptian Weightlifting

stand-in head coach of the team.When he was informed in January last year that he had been banned from weightlifting

more than two and a half years without work, sitting at home because I have no job other than training weightlifting

He said he had received support from many friends in weightlifting during his exile."

Khaled Korany, who was banned from weightlifting for life after being held responsible for a doping scandal

had his ban rescinded, but won an award of CHF 5,000 (£4,503/$5,423/€5,056) from the International Weightlifting

my life, my sports history, and my social status" can now look forward to taking up a senior role in weightlifting

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet met with members of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (HOK) during their visit to the French capital to discuss preparations for next year's Olympic Games.

bronzes.At Tokyo 2020, Kazakhstan earned eight bronzes, with the medals coming in boxing, judo, karate, weightlifting

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a backdated 21-month suspension for a failed doping test running until July of this year, the latest drugs case involving a high-profile Indian athlete. 

banned with 65 suspended.The country has a similarly bad record in a number of other sports, notably weightlifting

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohammed Jalood was part of a delegation that

Jalood was accompanied by Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) President José Quinones to find

also went to the Manuel Fajardo University of Sciences of Physical Culture and Sport and some Cuban Weightlifting

Karlos Nasar, the record-breaking teenaged weightlifter from Bulgaria, is clear to continue on the path to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after being given a suspended sentence for a serious driving offence that could have landed him in prison for three years.

police after he failed to stop when driving in the Black Sea resort of Pomorie last July ©Bulgarian Weightlifting

place in the Olympic qualifying rankings, having bombed out in the snatch at the 2022 International Weightlifting

over.Media reports suggest that the decision was made by Nedelcho Kolev, President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting

aged 76, was seen by everybody except himself as a pioneer for his role in the development of women's weightlifting

the women responsible for more than half of all the medals won by American women at the International Weightlifting

over a period of decades, he would always deflect any credit on to others.His involvement in women’s weightlifting

John would absolutely refuse to be considered one of the pioneers of women’s weightlifting," said Edward

more than 40 years ago.But in terms of results on the platform, Coffee was out on his own.The USA Weightlifting

John really gave a great deal to weightlifting."

A total of 23 medals are set to be won on the first day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with the schedule now released for the event.

September 8, the last day of competition, 14 medals are due to be awarded in wheelchair basketball, weightlifting

Athletes from Vietnam are to receive a prize fund of $1 million (£811,000/€918,000) if they win a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the nation looking to return to the medal table after failing to score a podium at Tokyo 2020.

pistol in shooting, claiming a silver medal in the 50m pistol too.A silver and bronze have been won in weightlifting

Olympic weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo of the Philippines is set to skip the South East

Asian (SEA) Games to compete at the Asian Weightlifting Championships.

titles.The SEA Games are due to be held from May 5 to 17 in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, clashing with the Asian Weightlifting

Championships, which are scheduled to run from May 3 to 13 in Jinju-si in South Korea.Samahang Weightlifting

is expected to compete in five Olympic qualifying tournaments before Paris 2024, including the World Weightlifting