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Weightlifting sensation as Bulgarian teenager Nasar smashes Lu Xiaojun’s senior world record

  • Weightlifting

Karlos Nasar underlined his claim to be the best teenage weightlifter in decades when he claimed a senior world record held by one of the sport’s biggest names, Lu Xiaojun, in a remarkable session in Tashkent in Uzbekistan today.

jerk of 208 kilograms.On a good day for young lifters, it won him the 81kg title at the International Weightlifting

A new day has started for Bulgarian weightlifting," said Arif Majed, Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation

is a national hero and we are so proud of him, and you will see so much more to enjoy from Bulgarian weightlifting

January 3.Majed, a successful businessman who was elected in May, is on a mission to clean up Bulgarian weightlifting


Olympic gold, Vogue front cover, and another world title for weightlifter Kuo

  • Weightlifting

Kuo Hsing-chun, known in her home nation of Taiwan as "the goddess of weightlifting", won her fifth world

Kuo won the 59 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Tashkent

Initially I disliked weightlifting and didn't want to train because I was the only weightlifter at my

more fond of team sports like basketball, and then I had trouble choosing between track and field and weightlifting

after I dropped the baton twice in two different relay races and immediately won a gold medal in a weightlifting

competition, it seemed only natural that I stick to weightlifting."


Exclusive: Teqball suits youth-focused Olympic programme, says FITEQ chairman Huszár

  • Teqball

Chairman of the International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) Viktor Huszár has said the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) focus on youth-driven sport will greatly benefit teqball, with the governing body hoping to be part of the programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Weightlifting was one of three traditional Olympic sports not recommended by the IOC for Los Angeles

2028 ©Getty ImagesThe IOC did not recommend boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting to be part of



Angry election candidates blame IWF Board for weightlifting's loss of Los Angeles 2028 status

  • Weightlifting

Candidates for the Presidency of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have blamed the current

Weightlifting can still be a part of those Games but it has to follow a pathway laid down by the International

been dogged by doping and corruption scandals.The news was announced by the IOC yesterday when it said weightlifting

Urso said today he had first raised the very real prospect of weightlifting losing its Olympic status

There is an easy way to do it: usually a sports ministry or NOC gives financial support to a weightlifting

said: "While I am thankful to the IOC Executive Board for permitting weightlifting to retain its Olympic


UIPM to set up new working group on riding replacement after sport left off initial Los Angeles 2028 programme

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) is to set up a new working group to help determine the replacement for riding as its fifth discipline after the sport was left off the initial sports programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

the Games in the American city.It offered a "pathway" to modern pentathlon - as well as boxing and weightlifting



Skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing proposed for inclusion at Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

and sport climbing are set to be added to the core Los Angeles 2028 Olympic programme - but boxing, weightlifting

The IOC said there would be a "pathway" for boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon to be part of

instead of quadrennially.Los Angeles 2028 is also able to propose additional sports in 2023.Boxing, weightlifting

McConnell said.Long-running issues at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and the International Weightlifting

doping in the sport and ensure the integrity, robustness and full independence of anti-doping" for weightlifting

be a formality.IOC President Thomas Bach said there was a pathway for boxing, modern pentathlon and weightlifting


Saipan 2022 and Birmingham 2022 discussed at VASANOC Extraordinary AGM

  • ONOC

Preparations for upcoming continental and international sporting events, including next year's Pacific Mini Games and Commonwealth Games, have been discussed at the Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (VASANOC) Extraordinary Annual General Meeting.

for Oceanian countries, and it will take part in the athletics, beach volleyball, golf, tennis and weightlifting