IWF/ITA: 2025 statistics confirm commitment to anti-doping progamme
The International Testing Agency (ITA) recently published the 2025 statistics concerning the partnership with the IWF on its anti-doping programme. Last year, a total of 3068 samples were collected around the world, including 1660 in-competition and 1408 out-of-competition. Moreover, in terms of urine/blood proportion, there were respectively 2280 and 788 samples.
This amount of collected samples resulted in a total of 2394 completed tests, performed on 1150 athletes (53% men, 47% women) from 131 countries. As a comparison, 1078 lifters from 120 nations had been tested in 2024.
Concerning the Results Management in 2025, 24 Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) were confirmed and the respective sanctions imposed (some of the cases occurred before 2025). For last year only, seven Adverse Analytical Findings were detected (there were 14 in 2024, and 28 in 2023). This reduction may be attributed to a more targeted, structured anti-doping approach, expanded education, and stricter requirements related to the Member Federations’ Categorisation Rules.
In 2025, the IWF/ITA received 23 TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemptions) application requests.
In terms of Anti-Doping Education, the attendance in webinars/seminars totalled 867 participants from 89 different nationalities. This is also a huge improvement from 2024, when 611 attendees from 77 countries had been present in these initiatives.
All info on IWF/ITA Anti-Doping activities here
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