Norwegian official Stein Pedersen has replaced Russia's Boris Skrynnik as President of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB) among a series of changes in the organisation's leadership.

acting basis, effective from the start of November.Adamfi is also a key figure within the International Weightlifting

the history books by becoming the first Saudi Games gold medallist after securing gold in the opening weightlifting

Officials from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), led by its President Bambol Tolentino, have visited France to inspect possible training venues for Filipino athletes taking part in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Tolentino and colleagues looked at several training facilities for boxing and weightlifting - two sports

minutes from the athletes' accommodation that is also equipped with a kitchen.He pointed out that while weightlifting

total of 19 athletes from the Philippines competed in last year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in boxing, weightlifting

known as Thor and two of the biggest names in CrossFit, but until this weekend it had never had a major weightlifting

I think weightlifting is going to get bigger here, it’s going to become more visible how you can get

has one of the best-funded sports federations in the country.Sturludottir has now made her mark in weightlifting

Davidsdottir had both been CrossFit Games winners when they decided to compete at the International Weightlifting

annual small states competition.Like many before her, Sturludottir was a gymnast before she took up weightlifting

from gymnastics and then CrossFit.The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) has welcomed a proposal

Hampton Morris broke his own junior world record at the Pan American Junior Championships in Lima - an event that has made its own mark by becoming the first major international competition this century to operate with two platforms.

concurrently with the Pan American Juniors.It is the first time in decades that an official International Weightlifting

course there will be people that don’t like it - we all have different opinions," said the Pan American Weightlifting

The Pan American Weightlifting Federation also led the way, during the COVID-19 pandemic that severely

The National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan has received a record number of scholarships through the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Solidarity programme.

 At Tokyo 2020 Kazakhstan won eight medals, all bronzes - one in judo, two in weightlifting, two

The Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) Weightlifting Working Group has staged a three-day

Matthew Curtain, an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board member and its delegate

Lencser represented the global body.Curtain participated in the meeting remotely.Jacqueline White, the weightlifting

Partner sponsorship programme and expected to support operations at Paris 2024 - also attended.The Weightlifting

requirements for Paris 2024.How the experiences of Tokyo 2020 may impact Pars 2024 was discussed by the ORIS Weightlifting

than halved between 2016 and 2024 in response to its poor doping record and governance issues.While weightlifting

Weightlifters will benefit from Saudi Arabia's phenomenal investment in sport next week when they compete for the biggest prize fund ever seen.

This is a dream for the athletes," said Mohamed Alharbi, President of the Saudi Arabian Weightlifting

Mohamed Alharbi claims the Saudi Games will be "a dream for athletes" ©Saudi Arabian Weightlifting FederationThe

international level.Mansour Al Saleem, who was the first Saudi Arabian to win a medal at the International Weightlifting

Grand Prix ©Getty ImagesThere was a team of four women in Manama, another sign of the growth in Saudi weightlifting

Mansour Al Saleem was among Saudi Arabia's medallists at the Asian Championships last week ©Saudi Arabian Weightlifting

Gor Minasyan earned the biggest win of his career on the final day of the Asian Weightlifting Championships

when Lesman Paredes secured his fifth straight victory and gave Bahrain its first major success in weightlifting

clean and jerk and a total of 397kg, only 3kg short of his winning total at the 2021 International Weightlifting

place went to the junior world champion Sharofiddin Amriddinov of Uzbekistan on 172-196-368.The Asian Weightlifting

Bahrain has "passed the test with flying colours" in hosting a major weightlifting event for the first

time and is already aiming higher, seeking to host an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World

Opening Ceremony through to the final weekend when Bahrain won its first major medals, the 2022 Asian Weightlifting

I'm happy that weightlifting has now joined the list of sports that Bahrain has hosted recently," said

Sometimes you go to a city hosting a weightlifting championship and nobody knows it’s going on."

All of this has helped us to instil a new culture in weightlifting here in Bahrain."

I feel like I came into this new world, the weightlifting family."

There was a landmark moment in weightlifting in Bahrain today when Iran, which forbade women to lift

21 women who have ever competed for Iran at international level.After the launch of Iranian women’s weightlifting

two of the team fled to Germany earlier this year.There is now a new leadership regime in the Iranian Weightlifting

We have a good plan for women’s weightlifting and it’s very important for us to take part in the Olympic

totalled 223kg, up four kilograms on her previous best when she was sixth at last year’s International Weightlifting

on the left ©Brian OliverMunkhjantsan, who came within one lift of becoming Mongolia’s first Olympic weightlifting

still finished well clear of her seven rivals to claim China's sixth title of the week at the Asian Weightlifting

A huge rise in entry numbers for Olympic qualifying competitions might prompt the International Weightlifting

hopefuls next October - attracting more than 1,000 entries.Mohammed Alharbi, President of the Saudi Arabia Weightlifting

Our system now is completely different and it is simple," he said.Because weightlifting is out of favour

The weightlifting map is growing, more and more countries are developing the sport."

The culture of weightlifting is is changing."

Dr. Patrick Tellei has been unanimously endorsed as chair of the Organising Committee for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games, which are due to be held in Palau.

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