Nijat Rahimov, a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is one of the first two weightlifters ever to be charged with a doping offence for allegedly swapping urine samples.

sample.Both men are provisionally suspended after being charged under article 2.2 of the International Weightlifting

with doping positives from the IOC's retesting of samples from London 2012.As the focus on doping in weightlifting

recorded by an undercover team from ARD, the German broadcaster that aired an exposé of corruption in weightlifting

statement it said that it was investigating 146 files after revelations in the McLaren report into weightlifting

bringing forward any anti-doping rule violation against athletes and officials involved in the sport of weightlifting

Committee (CPB) has suspended regional and national competitions in athletics, swimming, shooting and weightlifting

following:"There will be no regional or national championships in the first half of 2021 in athletics, weightlifting

USA Weightlifting has announced a profit of $925,000 (£680,000/€765,000) for 2020 despite disruption

also seen as crucial to supporting the organisation, which saw a decline in membership numbers.USA Weightlifting

losses among staff and athlete funding remained in place despite the challenges of the pandemic.USA Weightlifting

thanked sponsors and partners for their support during 2020 ©USA Weightlifting"The past 12 months have

No one could have foreseen the challenges we would have to face, but I’m in awe of how the weightlifting

USA Weightlifting said less than two per cent of its income comes from Government or National Olympic

Ursula Papandrea has announced her intent to regain the leadership of the International Weightlifting

Only when we remove those who have been complicit in corruption within the organisation can weightlifting

about doping and corruption were exposed by the media.In June the McLaren Report into corruption in weightlifting

the old guard and their methods have been completely removed and barred from future involvement in weightlifting

Be under no illusions – the future of weightlifting is at stake – and if elected I will invoke the real

Papandrea has been in weightlifting as athlete, coach and administrator for more than 30 years.

Guam National Olympic Committee (GNOC) President Ricardo Blas insists that difficulties presented by the coronavirus pandemic will not stop the country from participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

cases of COVID-19, resulting in the deaths of 125 people.Blas hopes that athletes in judo, wrestling, weightlifting

Mehdi Attar Ashrafi, as Asian Games medallist in weightlifting for Iran, has died aged 72.

finishing 13th in the same weight category.Attar Ashrafi went on to win a silver medal at the 1979 Asian Weightlifting

One of the leading supporters of an overhaul of the way weightlifting is governed has reacted with dismay

to the first news of a candidate in the forthcoming International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) elections

holds, vice-president or Executive Board member.Intarat, who is Honorary President of both the Asian Weightlifting

Federation and the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA), was named in the McLaren Report into

corruption in weightlifting last June, and was at TAWA in 2011 when seven teenagers were banned for

" and would "like to continue work for weightlifting families."

I don’t think the Board understands the perilous position that weightlifting is in."

Organisers of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have held their inaugural meeting in the capital Saipan.

 There remain hopes that weightlifting can be added to the programme for the 2022 Pacific Mini Games

reduced from 12 sports to six as a cost-cutting measure, although there remain hope that tennis and weightlifting

The Georgian-born Kakhi Kakhiashvili won his first gold medal in men’s weightlifting under-90 kilograms

Athletes from Papua New Guinea have asked to be allowed into Australia to train for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

 Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion Dika Toua has been unable to train properly

Former European weightlifting champion Veronika Tóbiás of Hungary has died at the age of 53.

The Hungarian Weightlifting Federation reported the death of Tóbiás, who won an under-82.5-kilogram gold

, with the athlete's last appearance at the European Championships coming in 1997.The International Weightlifting

The IWF and the weightlifting family sends the most heartfelt condolences to Veronika Tóbiás' family

and loved ones and to the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation," read a statement.

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) is set to hold its Presidential election in March after a motion from incumbent Ben Nunoo Mensah to delay the vote until after the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was rejected.

he had hoped to retain the position until at least August.The official, also President of the Ghana Weightlifting

Three Colombian weightlifters can clear their names from doping charges and help their nation to overcome a potential ban from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Colombia to become the strongest nation in the sport in Latin America.Pena, President of the Colombian Weightlifting

athletes prove their innocence, for the sake of the great number of people who work honestly in Colombian weightlifting

We have acted with transparency, we have fought against doping, we are a federation that loves weightlifting

Weightlifting has grown to become Colombia’s most successful Olympic sport in less than three decades.The

weightlifters into an impressive development programme.It has led to Colombia winning eight Olympic weightlifting

The Interim President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Mike Irani, has promised to

due to cheating in the present day.Colombia is one of seven nations facing a ban from competing at weightlifting

itself.Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia, Colombia, Russia, Vietnam and Romania could all face a complete ban from weightlifting

Elez Gjoza, who resigned as head of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) because of doping scandals

withdraw at short notice as host nation for that year’s European Championships.Elez Gjoza is Albanian Weightlifting

and Gjoza, in his first stint as AWF President, was elected as an ex-officio member of the European Weightlifting

Federation’s board.A doping scandal concerning Romela Begaj led to the entire Albanian Weightlifting

resigning in 2018 ©Getty ImagesThere was even talk, at the time, of Albania hosting the International Weightlifting