Roxana Cocos and Răzvan Martin are set to be stripped of their London 2012 Olympic medals after three Romanian weightlifters were disqualified following positive retests from the Games.

who failed to finish in the men's under-85kg event, has also been disqualified.The entire Romanian weightlifting

placed fourth.Romania now face being suspended for a year under the "Tbilisi decision".The International Weightlifting

Dates for the twice-postponed European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow have been confirmed by the

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) has scheduled the event in the Russian capital for April

Eurosport, which is due to show coverage of the Championships.Moscow had been due to stage the European Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) says its new independent Disciplinary and Ethics Commission

recent years ©Getty ImagesThe governing body has been in a state of crisis after the McLaren Independent Weightlifting

concerns" over IWF governance and put the sport on notice, saying the IOC would "review the place of weightlifting

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Interim President Mike Irani revealed the governing body

Organised by the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation, the IWF Online Youth World Cup was held in place

The pandemic may have made it impossible to host full international competitions in weightlifting for

is an irreplaceable experience and I am delighted we were able to provide it thanks to the Peruvian Weightlifting

nation is banned from Tokyo 2020 because of doping, was criticised by the IOC and caused outrage in the weightlifting

The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Government have been praised for their commitment to hosting the Pacific Mini Games, even though the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to be postponed by a year until 2022.

reduced from 12 sports to six as a cost-cutting measure, although it has been suggested that tennis and weightlifting

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid claimed Solihull could become a "really positive hub" of the Commonwealth Games as he confirmed 1,600 athletes and officials would be accommodated at the borough's National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

construction found the project could not be delivered on time.Boxing, badminton, netball, table tennis and weightlifting

his rivals - including Olympic silver medallist Dmitry Klokov - to win the Presidency of the Russian Weightlifting

taking senior roles at continental and global level.He is one of three contenders to lead the European Weightlifting

begin, are Hasan Akkus of Turkey and Antonio Conflitti, who was elected as President of the Moldova Weightlifting

Federation this week after 18 months as interim leader.A Russian Weightlifting Federation Elective Congress

was held today ©Maxim AgapitovAgapitov sits on the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting

Because of doping, [Russian] weightlifting could not take part in the 2016 Olympics, but now we are an

There has not been a lot of opportunity for new experiences this year, given much of the world’s population has spent the majority of 2020 living under restrictive measures.

Along with my colleague Michael Houston, I anchored a Live Blog of the International Weightlifting Federation

It worked so well for the IWF Online Youth World Cup because weightlifting is an individual activity

Vietnam is likely to be barred from weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 after two teenagers, one of them a world

still being processed by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which now handles the International Weightlifting

provisional suspension - but was widely reported in Vietnam.If Vietnam is banned from competing in weightlifting

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with his coach ©Chinese Taipei WeightliftingCanada's Maxwell Von competed in the men's over-102kg ©Weightlifting

medals and a bronze, Chinese Taipei could not win gold on the final day of competition ©Chinese Taipei Weightlifting

Peru finished top of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Online Youth World Cup medals table

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is well known for its opaque messaging.

numerous issues and scandals in several Olympic sports - most notably athletics, boxing, gymnastics and weightlifting

next.More generally, instead of acting against the sport itself, the boxing example - and possibly weightlifting

There were chaotic scenes at the Albanian Weightlifting Federation's (AWF) electoral assembly when organisers

YouTubeAlbania's National Olympic Committee (KOKSH) said it would not intervene and it was "up to the weightlifting

Presidency just under three years ago, after Romela Begaj tested positive at the 2017 International Weightlifting

the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at 53kg, was suspended for two years.The board of KOKSH voted to suspend weightlifting

in July 2018.KOKSH said "bad governance" was rife and criticised "a system created by the Albanian Weightlifting

The weightlifting federation has benefited from several projects from the Olympic Committee, and the

Uzbekistan topped the International Weightlifting Federation Online Youth World Cup medal table after

Philippines earned three gold medals in an entertaining women's 71 kilogram contest at the International Weightlifting