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IWF needs new name and new rules, say weightlifting election hopefuls Papandrea and Grimseth

  • Weightlifting

make it more attractive to spectators, according to two Presidential candidates in the International Weightlifting

As part of this, I propose changing from the IWF to ‘World Weightlifting’ to signify this new chapter

IWF Presidential candidate Ursula Papandrea has called for a "total rebrand" of weightlifting ©IWFHe

talks of weightlifting reinventing itself and warns: "If the IOC is not satisfied with our changes they

As we all know, weightlifting is in a very serious situation, but I really believe that we can see a

Federation to be renamed World Weightlifting as part of her 100 Days of Reform plan ©IWF"Decades of


Organisers confirm strong interest in competing at European Weightlifting Championships despite coronavirus

  • Weightlifting

A total of 39 countries have submitted their intent to compete in the European Weightlifting Championships

the European Championships would have likely had have be postponed again or even cancelled.Russian Weightlifting

Sweden, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.A final list of entries must be submitted by April 1.The European Weightlifting

 Competition is set to be preceded by the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) Congress at Korston


Angry candidates’ complaints expose further flaws in IWF’s timing of weightlifting elections

  • Weightlifting

Candidates from around the world have complained that new rules for the forthcoming International Weightlifting

in by Monday (February 15).The Executive Board candidate Milan Mihajlovic, President of the Serbian Weightlifting

question by Attila Adamfi, former director general of the IWF, and Jinqiang Zhou, President of the Chinese Weightlifting

conflicting dates in his letter, which he posted on social media here.Florian Sperl, President of the German Weightlifting

collaborations" on the website of SportLegis, the company for which Mavromati works.President of the Chinese Weightlifting

Patsev, no such collaborations had anything at all to do with the IWF, Mr Agapitov, or the sport of weightlifting


Weightlifting’s banned nations and 85-year-old Coffa feature in IWF elections list

  • Weightlifting

Fourteen members of the troubled International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board are on

after a corruption scandal.In October Urso, who is also standing down as President of the European Weightlifting

members - is expected to be Al-Mana, a senior Government figure from Qatar who is president of the Asian Weightlifting

affairs, army recruitment and other Governmental roles.In sport, he has been President of the Qatar Weightlifting

permanent leader of the body since the resignation of Tamás Aján ©IWFCoffa, president of the Australian Weightlifting

Championships team tested positive.Intarat was also mentioned unfavourably in the McLaren Report into weightlifting


IWF responds to IOC criticism by vetting election candidates

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has responded to intense criticism from the International

of the vetting process it is likely to be under item 99 of the interim rules, which covers bringing weightlifting

as "really something upsetting" by IOC President Thomas Bach.Bach said, not for the first time, that weightlifting

programme, and he was forced to resign in April.Worse followed in June when the McLaren Report into weightlifting



Organisers optimistic for 2022 Pacific Mini Games due to COVID-19 vaccine

  • Pacific Games News

Optimism is reportedly growing among organisers of next year’s rescheduled Pacific Mini Games thanks to the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in host country the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

measure following the impact of the Super Typhoon Yutu in 2018, but it has been suggested tennis and weightlifting


Turkmenistan

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made history by becoming the first Turkmen to be an Asian Games champion when he won the 76-kilogram weightlifting


Syrian Arab Republic

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their debut appearance with a gold medal.Talal Najar was crowned champion when he won the 110-kilogram weightlifting



Lebanon

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Year: 1947Asian Games Debut: 1978Lebanon marked their Asian Games debut in 1978 in Bangkok with two weightlifting


Iran, Islamic Republic of

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in Tehran by ranking second behind Japan with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.Wrestling and weightlifting



Brian Oliver: Weightlifting has suffered untold damage under this IWF Executive Board - and here’s why

  • Inside the Blogs

Why has the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) followed one bad decision with another in recent

experts.Everybody from the top to the bottom of the Olympic Movement can see this, as can anybody involved in weightlifting

never had a meeting.Next, the Board put in charge Intarat Yodbangtoey, who oversaw the Thai Amateur Weightlifting

involved in two doping scandals involving teenagers, and who had a few mentions in the McLaren Report into weightlifting