The International Weightlifting Federation carries out work across the world on all five continents,

Federation (PAWA) President José Quinones and Barbados Amateur Weightlifting Association President Andrew

[/modal][modal title="Great Britain" id="great-britain"]Weightlifting was a success at the Birmingham

and the Asian Weightlifting Federation visited Jinju in South Korea in October 2022.The city is due

[/modal][modal title="Cuba" id="cuba"]In February 2023, International Weightlifting Federation President

Secretary general Beng Choo Low has claimed that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) "remain positive" about the prospect of the sport's return to the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028, although acknowledged "there is still a lot of work".

, and is able to consider the Organising Committee's proposals for further disciplines.With boxing, weightlifting

Senior World ChampionshipsJunior World ChampionshipsYouth World ChampionshipsThe International Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has recruited a sport development manager as part of

Gondos will "help the Continental Federations and National Federations to reach their goals to develop weightlifting

, and to bring the sport to the top", she said.Evelin Gondos has been appointed International Weightlifting

I will use my expertise to find new solutions, new ideas, a new view for weightlifting," Gondos said.Her

to rely on professionals who with their experience can contribute to a renewed image of world-class weightlifting

Earlier this year Sportfive signed a long-term media rights agreement with the European Weightlifting

International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient has insisted here that "today we are the sport of anti-doping".

but if you ask people in the street which sport sometimes symbolises anti-doping, you will have maybe weightlifting

Street WeightliftingStreet weightlifting is a variant of the sport which takes the action into urban

format could work well at the Youth Olympic Games.In July 2023, the second edition of Swiss Street Weightlifting

 The Swiss Youth Championship was also held and a free weightlifting initiation was organised for

children.Street weightlifting takes the sport to urban settings ©IWFIn March 2023, street weightlifting

made up of Britain and Colombia - and "Team Ambassador" - made up of Malta and Qatar.As with every weightlifting

Antonio Urso, who has transformed Italian weightlifting and is tasked with reforming the sport's global

Urso, secretary general of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), received the Gold Collar

Giovanni Malagò at the Foro Italico.Last year Malagò had been in tears when Italy won its first Olympic weightlifting

This is a new era for weightlifting in Italy, and I hope Italy will be a leader of change."

Today was a special day for me and for weightlifting," Urso said."

In Italy it is the first time that a Gold Collar has been recognised to a President of weightlifting

Pekka Kare, a former Executive Board member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Honorary

President of the Finnish Weightlifting Federation, has died aged 91 following a short illness.

Executive Board in 1968, which was a year prior to him being part of the group that founded the European Weightlifting

the EWF Executive Board from its founding year to 2003.In 1968, he was put in charge of the Finnish weightlifting

, which was where weightlifter Kaarlo Kangasniemi became the first and to date only Finnish Olympic weightlifting

champion.Kaarlo Kangasniemi became the first Finnish Olympic weightlifting champion under Pekka Kare's

in each weight category for the Olympics.He served two separate tenures as the head of the Finnish Weightlifting

The SnatchThe Clean and JerkThe International Weightlifting Federation recognises two lifts which must

perfecting them requires tremendous agility, balance, concentration, flexibility, speed, timing and power.At weightlifting

barbell gradually becomes heavier as athletes attempt bigger and bigger lifts.Two lifts are part of every weightlifting

a one-handed lift.The two-handed version debuted in 1924 in Paris.The Snatch is the first part of a weightlifting

Two-time Olympic badminton silver medallist PV Sindhu and six-time world boxing champion Mary Kom are among 10 individuals unanimously elected to the Athletes' Commission of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

London 2012 shooting bronze medallist Gagan Narang and Tokyo 2020 weightlifting runner-up Saikhom Mirabai

Psychology seminars to help overcome trauma of the war in Ukraine is one of the main aspects of the #OlympiansForUkraine campaign set up by the World Olympians Association (WOA).

athletes such as Atanas Ivanov, a heavyweight weightlifter, have lost their lives defending Ukraine.The weightlifting

Karlos Nasar, the 18-year-old weightlifting world champion from Bulgaria, will begin his quest to qualify

Nasar will appear in court after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships

InstagramA post shared by Karlos shturi (@shturi)Nedelcho Kolev, who remains President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting

Arif Majed, who was elected President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation more than 18 months ago

judicial system does not act quickly".Majed said the Bulgarian Sports Minister had blocked payments to the weightlifting

The case for weightlifting’s inclusion in the next Caribbean Games, to be held in 2025, has been put to the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) 20th General Assembly in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Weightlifting is one of three sports currently seeking admission to the Caribbean Games, which included

seven sports when it took place earlier this year.In a workshop jointly organised with CANOC, weightlifting

Amateur Weightlifting Association (BAWA) President Andrew Callender.The two representatives introduced

weightlifting and discussed the Caribbean members and the Caribbean programme of 2021, in which the

President Keith Joseph, left, oversaw a plea by weightlifting at the General Assembly to become part

The 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships is on course to be the biggest

last year.Although nearly half of the preliminary entries have withdrawn, and there are no teams from weightlifting

A total of 31 sportsmen and women attended the annual engagement workshop organised by the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) Athletes' Commission in Lusaka.

Representatives of judo, hockey, football, weightlifting, swimming, boxing, skateboarding, taekwondo,