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PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF has been informed by COJAR, the Organizing Committee of the 12 th All African Games held between 24-30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco that the samples of 6 Egyptian Athletes have returned Adverse Analytical Finding. The IWF will not make any further comments on the case until they are

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that as a consequence of the International Olympic Committee’s re-analysis program in connection with the 2012 London Olympic Games, the urine sample of the following Athlete has returned Adverse Analytical Finding: · Mr Endri Karina (ALB) - metabolites of Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone metabolites (S1.1a Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids) In line with the respective rules, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions on the Athlete. The International Olympic Committee is responsible to decide about any consequences relating to the Athletes’ participation in the 2012 London Olympic Games. In all cases where it is determined that an Anti-Doping Rule Violation was committed, the responsibility to conduct results management will be transferred to the IWF in terms of consequences extending beyond the Athletes’ Olympic Games participation. The IWF will not make any further comments on the case until they are closed.

Watch Kate Nye, Mattie Rogers on ESPN this Sunday

Last week's women's 71kg A session at the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships made history. Kate Nye set a new Junior World Record and became the youngest American woman to be crowned World Champion. Mattie Rogers was the first American woman in nearly 30 years to medal at three-consecutive World Championships. The Islamic Republic of Iran had a woman lift in an "A" session at the World Championships for the first time ever. You can relive the magic this Sunday on ESPN2 and ESPNNEWS as the ESPN family of networks re-broadcasts the women's 71kg A session from the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships. Tune in or set your DVR! Broadcast Schedule ESPN2: Sunday, 10/6 @ 4PM Eastern ESPNNEWS: Sunday, 10/6 @11PM Eastern Stream links 4p on ESPN2 - STREAM LINK 11p on ESPNEWS - STREAM LINK ESPN3 VOD replay - VOD

Griffith is new Director on BOA board

The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) has a new director. Long-standing track and field administrator Esther Maynard has been replaced on the board by Shelley-Ann Griffith. Griffith, who has been involved in sports administration at various levels of schools, clubs and associations for cricket, taekwondo, football, chess and weightlifting, was one of three directors elected at the BOA’S annual general meeting at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Wednesday night. In a four-way contest, Griffith, who was proposed by the Barbados Amateur Weightlifting Association and seconded by the Barbados Judo Association, received 24 votes with Dr Adrian Lorde getting 25, Mona Alleyne 23 and Maynard 17. Lorde and Alleyne, like Maynard, served on the previous board. Maynard served on the BOA board for 37 years and also held the positions of assistant secretary and treasurer. She is a former president of the Athletics Association of Barbados and holds the position of public relations officer. BOA President Sandra Osborne and assistant Secretary-General Cammie Burke were re-elected to their positions unopposed. (HG) Source: Daily Nation (Barbados)

iLiftCLEAN education contributes to culture change at 2019 IWF World Championships

The IWF maintained its emphasis on educating athletes about Anti-doping, and in particular their rights and responsibilities, with a range of activities linked to the #iLiftCLEAN campaign. Now a mainstay of the activities for athletes and their entourages at the IWF World Championships, #iLiftCLEAN in Pattaya included both a booth made in the framework of the WADA legacy outreach programme, to engage with the educational materials and also dedicated workshops. Past successes have already seen elements of #iLiftCLEAN held up as an exemplary programme for other sports to follow: quite literally held up in the case of the #iLiftCLEAN barbell, which has also become a feature of WADA’s annual Anti-Doping Symposium in Lausanne and its outreach activities at major multi-sport competitions like the Lima 2019 Pan American, the Parapan American Games and the European Games in Minsk.   Visitors to the #iLiftCLEAN booth have been invited to complete the WADA quiz, in order to win their iLiftCLEAN t-shirts and other promotional gifts bearing the campaign’s clean sport branding. And athletes have been encouraged to go further, completing the #iLiftCLEAN comprehensive e-learning course developed in partnership [caption id="attachment_28165" align="alignleft" width="300"] The IWF and the ITA had a joint outreach program at the 2019 WWC.[/caption] with USA Weightlifting and the US Anti-Doping Agency. Two seminars for athletes and their entourages, meanwhile, provided opportunities to learn in-depth from world-leading experts. The seminars were attended by a high number of athlete support personnel, the IWF pays great attention to educate coaches and team doctors as well.  The risk of inadvertent positives through contaminated supplements was directly addressed in the first workshop, which looked at diet. Athletes’ responsibilities were covered, with the importance of checking ingredients against the WADA Prohibited Substances list and carefully consulting medical personnel with regard to prescribed medicines among the subjects of discussion. The experts leading the seminars included Dr Kyle Pierce former IOC Medical Director Dr. Patrick Schamasch and from the International Testing Agency, Education Manager Olya Abasolo. On completion of the second seminar, three athletes were drawn at random to receive prizes – including a bar and a PlayStation4 – kindly offered by IWF Partners DHS Barbell, Uesaka Barbells and Eleiko. Visiting the #iLiftCLEAN booth, IWF President Tamas Ajan said: “The IWF has much to be proud of in the way we have worked to ensure that weightlifting is a clean sport, that respects and [caption id="attachment_28172" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) President Stephan Fox has visited the iLiftClean booth.[/caption] protects clean athletes. And we have seen the results of that work here in Pattaya with more countries than ever before bringing men and women athletes and enjoying hard-earned success. We knew that culture change would also be a long-term effort and that attitudes would need to change. Education has been a very important way in which we have shown we can deliver that

Happy Birthday Marcus Stephen!

The President of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation, Marcus Stephen turned 50 today! Mr Stephen was a fire starter in Oceania weightlifting when he was identified as a talented young athlete at the age of 16. Winning 7 Gold Medals and five Silver Medals at the Commonwealth Games, he became a true role model for the Continent and for the small islands. He put Nauru on the map and made the IOC aware of its existence. In addition to an unprecedented weightlifting carrier, he made his country proud by leading it as President and still representing it in the United Nations. Marcus Stephen holds the Presidential position for OWF since 2008.   Happy Birthday, and wishing you many more successful