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Brazilian Confederation of Weightlifting renews Eleiko partnership until Paris 2024

  • Weightlifting

The Brazilian Confederation of Weightlifting (CBLP) has renewed a partnership with equipment manufacture

uniforms will additionally be used by Brazil in competitions.The CBLP has boasted of being the only weightlifting

Our goal is to collaborate more with the development of Olympic weightlifting in this region in general

Earlier this year, Fernando Reis became the first Brazilian ever to win an International Weightlifting


Athletes slam "shameful" conditions at African Weightlifting Championships

  • Weightlifting

Athletes at the African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, Kenya say the organisation and training

referee how to do their job while athletes waited for their next lift.Khaled Mehalhel, President of the Weightlifting

home because of travel restrictions and fears about the spread of the virus in Kenya.The Kenya Amateur Weightlifting

of time was always going to cause problems, and Ben Amor Mohamed, technical director of the Tunisian Weightlifting

As a weightlifting technician since the 1980s I can see that sport in Africa is going downhill."

A prominent coach from Algeria said on social media that the event in Nairobi was "a crime against weightlifting



Vietnam’s Olympic weightlifting medal contenders face ban as ITA calls in sanctions panel

  • Weightlifting

Two Vietnamese weightlifters with a good chance of winning medals at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are likely to miss their chance because of multiple doping violations by their teammates.

steroids, during the Olympic qualifying period.Thailand, Egypt and Malaysia are already banned from weightlifting

might be clear to compete.In February the ITA referred Romania to the same body - the International Weightlifting

at Tokyo 2020 is scheduled to start on July 24, less than two months from now.The case against the Weightlifting



Mehalhel retains control of Weightlifting Federation of Africa

  • Weightlifting

Khaled Mehalhel has been re-elected for a third term as President of the Weightlifting Federation of

mind shift and not engage in use of banned substances,’" Mehalhel said.Chimdi Ejiogu, President of the Weightlifting

Federation of Nigeria and one of the WFA vice-presidents, said, ‘’The goal of the Weightlifting Federation

Yes, like many sports in Africa we are still coming up but here we have an advantage that weightlifting

Cameroon and the Egyptian Mahmoud Mahgoub, who also sits on the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting

qualifying lists for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.In the absence of Egypt, the gap between African weightlifting



Weightlifting world record for Ukraine’s Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place

  • Weightlifting

Kamila Konotop of Ukraine set a junior world record on the way to her second major victory within two months, but she is still not guaranteed a place at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

medals table for the first time.She followed up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan by taking the International Weightlifting

Lysenko were seen as the favourites.Whether Konotop will disrupt those plans is up to the Ukrainian Weightlifting


Olympic Games weightlifting doper Kostova tests positive again

  • Weightlifting

Boyanka Kostova, one of the weightlifters disqualified from the London 2012 Olympic Games for doping, has tested positive a second time at the recent European Championships.

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

Youth World Championship, both at 53kg.Azerbaijan paid $550,000 (£385,000/€483,000) to the Bulgarian Weightlifting

Kostova made a point of thanking the President of the Azerbaijan Weightlifting Federation Jahangir Askerov


PNGOC throws support behind weightlifter Toua

  • ONOC

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has insisted history-making weightlifter Dika Toua remains in its Olympic plans and has offered the athlete support, after a complaint was made to the police about her.

three-time Pacific Games champion, Toua is perhaps best known for being the first woman to compete in weightlifting


Minogue hopeful Northern Mariana Islands can host successful Pacific Mini Games

  • Pacific Games News

Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue believes the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) can still host a successful Pacific Mini Games despite a challenging build-up.

to feature at next year's Games ©Pacific Games News Service/Alvaro Hoyos RamosThe PGC recently added weightlifting




Weightlifter Valentin qualifies for Tokyo 2020 without making a lift in Colombia

  • Weightlifting

Lidia Valentin has earned her place at a fourth straight Olympic Games without making a lift in her final qualifying competition, the Open de Colombia in Cali.

made herself available for doping control, it counted as a "participation" under the International Weightlifting

though being there to round off her career was always her top priority.Unfortunately for her, and for weightlifting