The IWF just announced that after initially not finding positives at the 2018 worlds they worked together with the Cologne anti-doping laboratory to do further analysis on “target athletes’” samples using “the most sophisticated available technique: Gas Chromatography-Combustion-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS).” The Result: Olympic & World Champions got popped. Srisurat Sukanya (55kg, Gold at Worlds, Olympic Champion Rio, it […]
New Weight Classes for Weightlifting at World Championships and Olympic Games
Update 05.07.2018: No More guessing. Here are the 10 new weight categories for worlds (and 7 for the olympics). (via) IWF executive board approved these. Now the IWF congress will have to ratify them. Men Women IWF Categories Olympic IWF Categories Olympic 55 61 45 49 61 67 49 55 67 73 55 59 73 […]
IWF Hands Out 1 Year Bans for Countries with 3+ Positives from Retests (China, Russia, KAZ, AZE …)
(Original post from Oct 20, 2017, see updates below) Meanwhile in Bucharest … The IWF announced that today that the executive board unanimously decided that countries with produced three or more doping violations from the 2008 and 2012 retests (see timeline here) will be suspended for one year. Countries Affected: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Moldova, […]
Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus only allowed 2 Weightlifting Athletes at Tokyo 2020
This just in: The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is effectively allowing Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus only two places each at Tokyo 2020 – as the new rules state that any nation with 20 or more doping violations from 2008 to 2020 will have just one man and one woman at the Games. Furthermore: […]
Rumor: 2018 World Championships in Kazakhstan? Not True! IWF Confirmed Turkmenistan
Update 17.03.2018: aaand that’s just what it was, a rumor… Today IWF confirmed the dates for the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan! (via) But as we have seen with this years Europeans, things can move until the very last minute. So don’t book your flights yet (although I heard that TKM paid quite a lot of […]
2018 Europeans Host Country Change *Update* Bucharest, Romania Confirmed
Update: After Albania was cancelled, Europeans 2018 are now set to be held in Bucharest, Romania (via). Update 08.02.2018: Bucharest is now confirmed by the EWF. See regulation here, Entry List. Dates: 26.03 – 01.04.2018. (Read the Updates Below) Meanwhile in Weightlifting News … Europeans 2018 are looking for a new host country. Timeline First it was […]
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Program: Only 7 Men’s Categories & Removal 90/90+ Women
Via olympic.org comes this news: “Reduction of one men’s weight category” Which they don’t say yet. “Reduction of 64 athletes and reach gender balance”. This PDF says: “Seven weight categories to be confirmed” for men. For women it lists the old ones, i.e. before the 90 and 90+ were introduced. Thanks to everybody who sent […]
IWF Election Results: Tamas Ajan Remains President
Quick Update from the IWF elections in Bangkok. Results so far: President: Dr. Tamas Ajan (HUN) got 86 votes vs. 61 for Antonio Urso General Secretary: Mohammed Jaloud (IRQ) 1st Vice President: Intarat Maj. Gen. Yodbangtoey (THA) Woman Vice President: Ursula Papandrea (USA) Vice Presidents: Nicu Vlad (ROU), Jose Carlos Quinones (PER), Zhanat Tusspbekov (KAZ), […]
Weightlifting News: Some Updates from Russia
Quick weightlifting news update. The Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR) held an executive committee meeting which resulted in some interesting changes. Maxim Agapitov (who took over president of Russian weightlifting in November) plans to run for the position first vice-president of the International Weightlifting Federation at the upcoming IWF elections in May. (via) They also discussed […]
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