The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that participants at the World Championships

We are determined to follow up on the clean weightlifting competitions of Tokyo 2020 with clean World

After turning a corner, it is vital that weightlifting stays on the right track.

It is always refreshing to see more than one name next to "President" on a list of candidates for a Presidential election at an International Federation (IF).

been or have been contested.That number is likely to grow as the basket case that is the International Weightlifting

A review by the United Kingdom's Sports Councils Equality Group (SCEG) has concluded that "for many sports, the inclusion of transgender people, fairness and safety cannot co-exist in a single competitive model," and suggested that governing bodies could create "open" or "universal" categories of competition.

Hubbard become the first openly trans woman to feature at the event in the women's over-87 kilogram weightlifting

Thailand has sent a team of seven to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships

new, and clean, era after being tainted by two doping scandals in the past 10 years.The Thai Amateur Weightlifting

Association (TAWA) was banned for "bringing weightlifting into disrepute" and when it tried to appeal

Varazdat Lalayan highlighted Armenia’s prowess in the heavier categories of men’s weightlifting by rounding

May.The 20-year-old made 175-210-385.The Serbian team celebrate upon returning to Belgrade ©Serbian Weightlifting

between sessions, but her results could not count.Milan Mihajlovic, secretary general of the European Weightlifting

praised the "correct and impeccable behaviour in the spirit of the sport" of Dumitrescu and the Romanian Weightlifting

Mary Harvey, chief executive of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR), which has just published its strategic plan Convergence 2025, has likened some sports federations to individuals in crisis who have the opportunity to change significantly when in a dire position.

Games Federation.Her comments came at a time when several sporting bodies, including the International Weightlifting

The United States' David Taylor has set up a mouthwatering final in the 86 kilograms category against Hassan Yazdani of Iran at the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships in Oslo.

 Yazdani overcame Artur Naifonov of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) 8-2 in a repeat of

The 19th Mediterranean Games are scheduled to open on June 25 next year in the Algerian port city of Oran, but 70 years ago next week, they had just become the newest addition to the sporting calendar. They were held in Alexandria, another North African port city.

behind Avni Akgun of Turkey and Victor Sillon of France.The first medals for the host nation came in weightlifting

Boyanka Kostova has been banned from weightlifting for eight years after confirmation of a doping violation

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

switched nationality to Azerbaijan along with her fellow Bulgarian Valentin Hristov.The Azerbaijan Weightlifting

AzerbaijanHe was also caught in the London 2012 retests and, after becoming Azerbaijan’s first Olympic weightlifting

fishy transfer market for athlete nationality" in June in its report into doping and misconduct in weightlifting

ban from weightliftingHe is said to have provided athletes with steroids via a gel.The Thai Amateur Weightlifting

Weightlifters from Oceania have won titles and set records at their senior Championships, despite the fact that the competition was organised online.

the first time results from a virtual competition have been officially endorsed by the International Weightlifting

single country of the Pacific has its borders closed," said Paul Coffa, general secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting

it’s time to take a breather from training and relax," said Jerry Wallwork, President of the Samoa Weightlifting

different time zones "as if it was a face to face competition," said Coffa.Bowen Stuart from the Australian Weightlifting

It doesn’t replace face-to-face weightlifting but it certainly adds another aspect to the sport, and

Members of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) have delivered the strongest possible message

He thinks it’s not a big deal, but in Doha (at the recent International Weightlifting Federation (IWF

) Constitutional Congress) some of the most senior people in weightlifting suggested to him that he should

The situation was quite delicate for weightlifting."

Although there was no ban, I stepped aside to protect weightlifting and the EWF Executive Board.

Bulgarian Karlos Nasar, centre, is seen as one of the future stars of European weightlifting, having

Two of China’s seven gold medallists from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bettered their own world records at the National Games of China, which end tomorrow.

Chinese Olympics" in the same year is that China will not send a full-strength team to the International Weightlifting

Uzbekistan in December, although it will compete.Shi Zhiyong provided the best performance in the men's weightlifting

events at the National Games of China ©Getty ImagesA total of 10 Olympic weightlifting champions from

at 109kg and super-heavyweight Ai Yunan with 188-234-422.Lu Xiaojun, who became the oldest Olympic weightlifting

The Bulgarian capital of Sofia is set to host the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships, it was announced

at the European Weightlifting Federation Congress.

Sofia last hosted the Championships in 2005.Bulgaria finished second in the 2021 European Weightlifting

hosted the European Championships five times and the World Championships once, in 1986.The 2021 European Weightlifting

The first edition of the competition schedule for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has been officially unveiled by organisers.

, triathlon, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, breakdancing, judo, ju-jitsu, kurash, wushu, weightlifting

Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) chief executive Lorraine Mar has admitted the country will have to send a reduced team to the 2022 Pacific Mini Games after its Government said it did not have enough money to fund the squad.

COVID-19 pandemic.Athletics, badminton, baseball, beach volleyball, golf, tennis, triathlon, va'a and weightlifting

the islands in 2018, forced organisers to reduce the programme to six before adding va'a, tennis and weightlifting