A teenager has become the first German weightlifter to test positive for a banned substance since 2009.

International Testing Agency (ITA), which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

International Testing Agency (@IntTestAgency) November 22, 2021Florian Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting

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Dominican Republic pipped Mexico's Yesica Hernandez to the top of the podium in the women's under-49kg weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called off its elections which were due to take

Guernsey is hoping to have its Commonwealth Games team finalised by the end of January.

places in badminton, bowls, boxing and swimming, while it is hoped that they could qualify an athlete in weightlifting

most popular weightlifters, has been planning a spectacular return to competition at the International Weightlifting

one of the 10 athletes selected by Egypt is listed because, insidethegames has learned, the Egyptian Weightlifting

Mahgoub said "the situation of weightlifting in general" had contributed towards his decision to stand

A specialist dispute resolution company has strongly criticised the International Weightlifting Federation

"the IWF's inaccurate communications".Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze won what could be the last Olympic weightlifting

have been barred from standing in the most important elections in the history of the International Weightlifting

The IOC set three key tests for the IWF: adopt new governance; deliver clean weightlifting competitions

Agency's (WADA) ethical issues review panel.Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze won what could be the last Olympic weightlifting

ineligible under Article 13.12 last week Maxim Agapitov, an IWF Board member and President of the Russian Weightlifting

Netherlands are among the nations that have nominated candidates to become the new leader of the European Weightlifting

held in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, two days before the Electoral Congress of the International Weightlifting

months ago, Conflitti pointed out that Akkus had been named in the McLaren Report into Corruption in Weightlifting

President he was involved in controversy when he used the EWF website to make personal attacks against weightlifting

limit the number of candidates to a maximum of three in offering an improved quality choice for our weightlifting

diplomas from Georgia and the United States, and wrote a thesis on "The marketing value of the main weightlifting

Five European champions are among 13 weightlifters who have been charged with offences by the International Testing Agency (ITA) as a result of its investigations into doping-related corruption in the sport.

statement.Today’s announcement by the ITA, which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

after 44 years at the governing body, and Nicu Vlad, an IWF vice-president and head of the Romanian Weightlifting

anti-doping misconduct between 2009 and 2019, which followed publication of the McLaren Report into weightlifting

The Ghanian Government has promised it will "procure sports logistics" for the Borteyman development that will host many of the events at the 2023 African Games.

capacity of 10,000 will also be built and used to stage badminton, basketball, boxing, table tennis and weightlifting

Agapitov has reacted angrily after being told that he cannot stand as a candidate in the International Weightlifting

Board at its last elections in 2017.In the period since then, and especially in the past two years, weightlifting

- 2011 to 2015 - resulting from an investigation into systemic doping in Russian sport.The Russian Weightlifting

Chernogorov for the Coaching and Research Committee, and Sergey Serebryakov for the Medical Committee.World weightlifting

is waiting for changes in the leadership of the #IWF.For too long, the backbone of weightlifting has

Weightlifters in the Nordic countries have been given a big say in how the sport is governed in their region after a landmark decision.

The Nordic Weightlifting Federation (NWF) has adopted a new Constitution in line with the one that was

recently voted in by members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).It means athletes,

The European Weightlifting Federation has discussed adopting a new Constitution in line with the IWF,

but the process of change will take time.The Nordic Weightlifting Championships were held in Copenhagen

place.Weightlifting is not strongly funded in the Nordic nations and is run by volunteers.The Norway Weightlifting

Ghana has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 African Games after organisers signed an agreement with the African Union (AU).

capacity of 10,000 will also be built and used to stage badminton, basketball, boxing, table tennis and weightlifting

New Zealand has named weightlifting gold medallist Nigel Avery as the country's Chef de Mission for the

Games in Manchester.He also competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and won three other Commonwealth weightlifting

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) Athletes' Commission, while he enjoyed a four-year spell as Auckland Weightlifting

As a nation of 115 islands which are scattered about the Indian Ocean, it is perhaps unsurprising that Seychelles has one of the best swimmers in Africa.

while they are hoping to qualify in the new sport of 3x3 basketball, beach volleyball, table tennis and weightlifting

while the country, which relies heavily on its National Sports Council, has also reached the podium in weightlifting