Archive from 2017

Additional women category discussed with the IOC

The IOC recently launched the coordination process regarding the sports program for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General had discussion at the IOC Headquarter with Sports Director Kit McConnell to coordinate the inclusion of the eighth women's bodyweight category. During the meeting, women's weightlifting long and rich history was presented together with the minimal investment needs to reach Gender Equality. Following IOC's Agenda 2020 Recommendation 11 - Foster Gender Equality, the IWF introduced a new bodyweight category in order to achieve IOC's objective, effective on all IWF Events starting from 2017. This year's Universiade in Taipei, TPE and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, AUS are already confirmed to include the 90kg and +90kg bodyweight categories on their programme. Following IWF's proposal in 2015, the IOC already approved to add an additional category to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, ARG reaching full Gender Equality in the athletes’ quota and the number of bodyweight categories. The complete application will be submitted in February to the

South American Weightlifting Confederation Magazine Launched

South American Weightlifting Confederation launched its first magazine! The region is in the center of the international weightlifting community having organized important events like the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the Buenos Aires 2018 YOG, the 2018 IWF World Championships and the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru. José Quiñones, President of  the South-American Weightlifting Confederation, IWF Vice President and Peru NOC President said: “We are happy to announce this significant milestone to launch our first electronic issue of our magazine. No doubt the region is emerging and weightlifting can display the fastest growing sport in the region and in a global context. The magazine will provide platform for sharing knowledge, experience in order to further enhance the development in weightlifting in the region.“ Next issue is planned to be published in

Updated IWF TCRR published

Due to the inclusion of the Glossary and minor wording corrections, the updated IWF TCRR has been published

OWF Annual Report 2016

Check out the OWF Annual Report for the year 2016. It includes the various successful initiatives carried out in the Oceania region as well as highlights on athletes. Full report

Olympic Solidarity Rio scholarship programme

The International Olympic Committee through Olympic Solidarity, constantly seeks to encourage the practice of sport and athletes throughout the world by offering the National Olympic Committee a large number of programmes that cover the different development stages in an athlete’s career, from its beginning in the junior ranks up to the highest sphere of elite sport. This programme supported 1547 athletes from 185 NOCs in 22 sports. From weightlifting 14 women and 18 men athletes were awarded with the scholarship from all 5 continents. From the total 32 allocated scholarships 39,5% participated in the Games in Rio. Our Olympic Medallist scholarship holders: Gold Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera (COL) Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) Jong Sim Rim (PRK) Silver Sri Wahyuni Agustiani (INA) Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) Yun Chol Om (PRK) Bronze Irakli Turmanidze

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that the sample of Mr. ALKIKLI, Ali Miftah Saeid (LBA) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Oxandrolone (S1.1. Anabolic Agents). As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. The IWF will not make any further comments on the case until it is