In the wake of the latest doping scandal in weightlifting, National Federations have called for Nicu

Vlad and Hasan Akkus to resign from the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation

Akkus should also step down as head of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), says one of his rivals

PhilAndrewsUSA) June 24, 2021Akkus is accused of trying to avoid a possible ban and a hefty fine for the Turkish Weightlifting

Weight Lifting are among the countries calling for Hasan Akkus to resign as President of the European Weightlifting

Imagine the scene at the Tokyo International Forum on Saturday, July 31.

after his 37th birthday.To this point, as the television commentators keep pointing out, every single weightlifting

Absolutely no chance - because the people who have taken weightlifting to the lowest of lows are still

Make no mistake, it can - but only if the self-serving members of the International Weightlifting Federation's

favour.It could let the authorities deal with Rahimov without any further delays, and it could give weightlifting

The Executive Board strikes again, and weightlifting suffers again.

This year's World Para Powerlifting World Championships have been moved from Eger in Hungary to Batumi in Georgia because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

which hosted a Para Powerlifting World Cup for the first time last month.Batumi also held the European Weightlifting

Three men who have held senior roles in weightlifting throughout the 21st century have been charged as

shocking findings of an eight-month investigation into doping corruption, negligence and cover-ups in weightlifting

Aján, who resigned last year after 44 years as general secretary and President of the International Weightlifting

Akkus of Turkey, who also sits on the IWF Executive Board in his capacity as President of the European Weightlifting

activity" while the case was being processed.On July 20, eight days before the start of weightlifting

Nicolae Vlad, and Hassan Akkus, Pres. of the European Weightlifting Confederation.➡️ https://t.co/fygPK597Ue

It is clear that athletes in the sport of weightlifting were betrayed by some of their administrators

A second member of a nine-strong group from Uganda that arrived in Japan on Saturday (June 18) for next month's Tokyo 2020 Olympics has tested positive for COVID-19.

for COVID-19, Kyodo News has reported.The group are reportedly Ugandan athletes competing in boxing, weightlifting

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her support to transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard after she was selected to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

One of the most frequently asked questions in weightlifting in recent weeks has been "what's taking so

Romanian federation, Federatia Romana de Haltere (FRH), was suspended last week by the International Weightlifting

were banned in a post-Olympic year, whereas Romania's punishment covers the Olympic Games.Romanian weightlifting

FRH also suggested that ongoing wider investigations into doping in weightlifting, by ITA and the World

might have been malpractice involved, similar to that revealed in the McLaren Report into Corruption in Weightlifting

The FRH leadership accept public responsibility to change the culture of doping in Romanian weightlifting

Laurel Hubbard says she will wear New Zealand’s silver fern with pride after being named in its weightlifting

six months after her injury in Gold Coast, Hubbard would have finished higher in the International Weightlifting

either side of the debate, is probably impossible".But, Vanbellinghen said, "anyone that has trained weightlifting

Richie Patterson, President of the New Zealand Weightlifting federation, said Hubbard had shown "grit

An unnamed member of the Ugandan team for the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival and was denied entry to the country, the Japanese Government has confirmed.

departure.Kyodo News reported they were part of a nine-member group of Ugandan athletes competing in boxing, weightlifting

Five weightlifters whose chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games appeared to be dead have been told they will be going to Tokyo 2020.

week of May, Fischer was in despair after failing to make a total in Uzbekistan at the International Weightlifting

2020 ©YouTubeBut on Friday (June 18) she took a call from Gerhard Peya, the President of the Austrian Weightlifting

Games for the first time, Nagy and Qerimaj have done it before.Nagy’s 15-year career in international weightlifting

, the Albanian who was a triple Olympic champion for Greece and is now performance director for USA Weightlifting

About 40 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have written to the governing body

without "pre-booking" an intervention has perplexed many of them.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA Weightlifting

Zhou Jinqiang, President of the Chinese Weightlifting Association, is among those to have objected to

All those who care about weightlifting are expecting the IWF to move towards a new era," Zhou told insidethegames

For this reason the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation, and many others, responded by reserving the right

The IWF is seeking to silence its own membership", according to USA Weightlifting chief executive Phil

Romania has been banned from weightlifting for a year because of multiple doping violations, and cannot

loses a strong chance of an Olympic gold medal.Nicu Vlad, the longstanding President of the Romanian Weightlifting

decision, announced today by the International Testing Agency (ITA), was made by the International Weightlifting

which also had three or more positives in the IOC retests from Beijing 2008 and London 2012.Romanian Weightlifting

statute of limitations.The panel also questioned the claim, citing lack of evidence, that the Romanian Weightlifting

conditions.One of them was "to accept public responsibility to change the culture of doping in Romanian weightlifting

Highly-regarded lawyer Richard McLaren has vowed to "uncover the truth" after being tasked with investigating sexual abuse allegations in Mali that resulted in the head of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) stepping aside.

country’s Sports Minister.McLaren led an independent investigation into allegations of corruption in weightlifting

One of Bulgaria’s two weightlifters at the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo may have to forfeit his place after a fellow member of the national team was charged with refusing to give a sample to testers.

testing mission.The ITA, which formally took over all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

will be liable for an eight-year ban this time.If this case is closed by July 22 - two days before weightlifting

Nedelcho Kolev, a double world champion in the 1970s who until recently was President of the Bulgarian Weightlifting

a teenager in the history of the sport, and it raised many eyebrows.Bulgaria, a powerhouse of world weightlifting

a quota place.There could be more to come, too, as a result of wider investigations into doping in weightlifting

Richard McLaren, the man whose forensic examination of Russian doping has led to the country being banned from competing under its own flag at major events, has been hired by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to investigate allegations of corruption during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he announced today.

Russia and the 2020 investigation into financial fraud doping irregularities within the International Weightlifting