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Act fast or weightlifters will quit, says Olympian Tchatchet as IWF plans for Refugee Team

  • Weightlifting

Asylum seekers and refugees from the world of weightlifting could soon have their own team set up by

the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

High Commission for Refugees status required by the IOC Team can be soul-destroying and can lead to weightlifting

has got no support from any organisation ©Parisa Jahanfekrian"I don’t know of one who came back to weightlifting

Florian Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting Federation and an IWF Board member, raised the subject

Florian Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting Federation and an IWF Board member, raised the subject

I met a coach, Singh Cheema, at Warley weightlifting club near Smethwick in Birmingham and he really



Matytsin welcomes move to explore Russian and Belarusian return to international sport

  • Olympics

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has welcomed the move towards exploring a return for Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport, claiming that "our athletes deserve to participate in the Olympic Games."

common sense" by Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov ©Getty ImagesHowever, Russian Weightlifting


Toma world record and landmark gold for Bahrain at weightlifting World Championships

  • Weightlifting

win her second world title and become the only non-Asian holder of a current world record in women's weightlifting

In the other medal event of the day at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships

there.Toma had been excluded from the Tokyo Olympic Games because of a doping-related ban on the Romanian Weightlifting

he said.Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq, President of the Bahrain Weightlifting Federation, said: "It means the world




Teenager Pei sets world record with first-ever lift at weightlifting World Championships

  • Weightlifting

A Chinese teenager put up a truly remarkable performance at the International Weightlifting Federation

17th birthday was 10 weeks ago, set a youth world record with her first-ever lift in international weightlifting

17th birthday was 10 weeks ago, set a youth world record with her first-ever lift in international weightlifting

 "I was was only focused on this 64kg category," she said.Pei, who has no history of weightlifting





Olympic champion Diaz backs plan to give IWF scholarships to weightlifters

  • Weightlifting

The Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz has voiced her support for a plan to give weightlifters scholarships that would make a huge difference to their prospects in the sport.

starting with qualifying events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - if proposals by the International Weightlifting

 Athletes from nations with low per capita income, and with a history in weightlifting, would be

ImagesDiaz was especially grateful for support from the man she calls "Sir Jalood" in her early days in weightlifting

back in 2007.Mohamed Jalood, then a senior figure in the Asian Weightlifting Federation and now the

The IWF should divert some of its money to this project, starting with Paris 2024 and hopefully [if weightlifting