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Uzbekistan NOC marks 30th anniversary by recognising Olympic medallists

  • OCA

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (UOC) toasted the country's sporting achievements over the past three decades during its 30th anniversary celebrations.

Abdullo Tangriev and gymnast age-defying gymnast Oksana Chusovitina.National Federations for boxing, weightlifting



New Zealand Chef de Mission welcomes changes to Commonwealth Games hosting rules

  • Commonwealth Games

Nigel Avery, New Zealand's Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has welcomed the changes which could make it easier for the country to host the event again.

impediments for nations putting their hands up, and economic is one of them," Avery, who won two Commonwealth weightlifting






Dika Toua

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

Choosing a weightlifter who finished second three times as a Commonwealth Games legend might seem unusual, but there is no doubt Dika Toua deserves that accolade because there is far more substance to her performances than what happened on the platform.

"Weightlifting is in my blood. I don't know if they can get rid of me."

weightlifter, and is an all-round legend within the sport.She was the first to make a lift when women's weightlifting

than 12 months earlier, after winning the Oceania title in Brisbane, she had returned to the Oceania Weightlifting

isolation.Dika Toua is a big star in Papua New Guinea ©Getty Images"When I was in hospital I sort of gave up on weightlifting

and role model here," said Sir John Dwanincura, President of PNG's National Olympic Committee and its Weightlifting


Pakistan weightlifting chief claims athletes were told not to provide anti-doping samples

  • Weightlifting

to provide samples to anti-doping testers have been wrongly accused, the President of the Pakistan Weightlifting

Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesThe ITA, which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

lifters, Talha Talib and Abubakar Ghani, tested positive for banned substances at the International Weightlifting

insidethegames saying, "On November 10, 2021, four or five persons came to a club 'Railway Stadium Weightlifting

ADOP, the national weightlifting federation and the National Olympic Committee of Pakistan had not been

Pakistan Weightlifting Federation President Hafiz Imran Butt has blamed the doping charges on a misunderstanding


IWF misses another deadline in weightlifting elections process

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has missed yet another deadline in its seemingly never-ending

official, and was both a national team manager and a member of the Executive Board of the Australian Weightlifting

Federation in 2019.The President of the Australian Weightlifting Federation at the time of his appointment

Weightlifting has lost its place on the Olympic Games schedule for Los Angeles 2028 because of persistent


Ukrainian weightlifting prospect killed by shelling in Mariupol

  • Weightlifting

Ukrainian teenager Alina Peregudova, a young weightlifting star who had dreams of representing her nation

regarded as one of the best young weightlifters in the country, having already won the Ukraine Under-17 Weightlifting

at the Regional Specialised Children's and Young People’s Sports School for the Olympic Reserve in Weightlifting


New Zealand

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Representing your country in one sport is a fantastic achievement, but Nigel Avery has done so in three.

injury curtailed his career in triple jumping.He then moved into bobsleigh before finally settling on weightlifting

Despite not making the Winter Olympics, bobsleigh provided a direct link to weightlifting."

 "I started to get good at some of the weightlifting disciplines and exercises, to the point where

I thought 'this is interesting', and I fell into the sport of weightlifting.

 "And all those things helped with weightlifting. I guess I was fortunate by accident."



Birmingham-bound athletes among Pakistan weightlifters charged with doping offences

  • Birmingham 2022

Pakistan faces a lengthy ban from weightlifting after six members of its national team were charged with

International Olympic Committee (IOC).Talib was Pakistan's first-ever medallist at the International Weightlifting

preparing a team for the Islamic Games in Konya, Turkey, scheduled to be held from August 9-18.The Pakistan Weightlifting