Anti-doping news

Anti-Doping Technical visit in preparation for the 2017 IWF WWC

The International Weightlifting Federation delegation paid a visit to Colorado Springs for the first time ever. The visit marks a historical trip since there had never been any technical visits before dedicated only to Anti-Doping purposes. For these reasons, IWF's visit to coordinate the Event Testing and Education with the United States Anti-Doping Agency is a sign of IWF's strong commitment to Clean Sport. The IWF Technical visit was led by Dr. Patrick Schamasch, Anti-Doping Commission Chairman joined by Dr. Eva Nyirfa Legal Counsel and Dr. Lilla Sagi Junior Legal Counsel. As part of the Organizing Committee, the USA Weightlifting hub hosted the meetings successfully. Just like in the past, it remains highly important that at the biggest IWF Event the athletes and the athlete support personnel receive the most comprehensive Anti-Doping information and feel their involvement in the fight against doping. The IWF warmly welcomes the cooperation with USADA as the best protection to Clean Lifters could be given with joint

Membership of the IWF Clean Sport Commission confirmed

The International Weightlifting Federation is pleased to announce that the composition of the Clean Sport Commission which has been set up further to the IWF Executive Board’s decision of 14 June 2017 in Tokyo, JPN is now confirmed. The Commission is tasked to advise the Executive Board on further improvements of the IWF Anti-Doping Program following the assessment and analysis of what yet has been accomplished. The IWF firmly believes that the expertise of the highly qualified independent professionals involved in the work of the Commission guarantees and further deepens the IWF’s continued innovative and constructive approach towards its steadfast fight for clean sport. Thorough and multiple-layered analysis is assured by the diversity of the Commission’s composition as it unites various Stakeholders of the field of Anti-Doping, such as: Athlete Representative, Representative of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Sports Law Experts, Laboratory Experts, Representatives of a National Anti-Doping Agency and Representatives of the IWF Bodies. The Members of the IWF Clean Sport Commission are: Richard Young, Partner, Bryan Cave LLP Benjamin Cohen, Director – European Office and International Federation Relations, World Anti-Doping Agency Mario Thevis, Head, Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sports University Cologne Hans Geyer, Deputy Head, Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sports University Cologne Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, Christian Baumgartner, former IWF Executive Member, President of the German Weightlifting Federation Tom Goegebuer, Athlete Representative, triple Olympian & Belgian Weightlifting Federation President; As Advisors, the IWF Clean Sport Commission will be complemented by: Andrew Ryan, Executive Director, representing the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Ex Officio: Representative of the IWF Anti-Doping Commission The first meeting of the IWF Clean Sport Commission will be held on 11-12 September 2017 and the Commission will submit its first report to the Executive Board at its next meeting in Bucharest, ROU on 30 September – 1 October

Be a Real Champion and Lift CLEAN! and Jerk – Olympians at the IWF- JADA Anti-Doping Outreach

Be a Real Champion! Lift CLEAN! and Jerk – These are the mottos of the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for the Anti-Doping Outreach which was established for Athletes and Officials during the IWF Junior World Championships. 193 participants (21 Countries) have signed the Fight against Doping Flag brought to the audience by JADA as a representation of the true values of the sport of weightlifting. Athletes and Officials had the chance to try their knowledge in the field of Anti-Doping with a special Anti-Doping quiz created by the IWF in 5 languages, such as English, Spanish, Russian, French and Japanese. The participants also had the opportunity to ask questions about Anti-Doping including ADAMS and Therapeutic Use Exemptions to the Anti-Doping Experts of JADA and IWF. It was a huge honour that two Olympians, Ms. Hiromi Miyake (Women 48kg - Bronze medalist in Rio Olympic Games 2016) and Ms. Namika Matsumoto (Women 63kg in Rio Olympic Games 2016) visited the Outreach. We were delighted to greet you all at the Outreach! See you soon, Real Champions! Let's Lift Clean! and Jerk again at

Anti-Doping Seminar in Kenya

Within the framework of IWF Development Program Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association organized an Anti-Doping Seminar in Nairobi, Kenya in May, 2017. The seminar was conducted by presenters from Kenya Anti-Doping Agency, Kenyatta University and Kenyatta National Hospital and altogether 16 coaches from various weightlifting clubs attended. Presentations covered a lot of topics such as using ADAMS, doping control processes and procedures, prohibited list, physical and health consequences of doping. Mr. John Ogolla, General Secretary said: "All the coaches who participated confirmed that the knowledge they gained was useful. The Association is grateful for the support of IWF Development and Education Commission that made the seminar possible and for the IWF's financial

IWF-JADA Anti-Doping Outreach 17-18 June at the IWF Junior World Championships

On 17-18 June the Japan Anti-Doping Agency and IWF greet the Athletes and the Officials of the participating countries of the 2017 IWF JWC together at their Anti-Doping Outreach. Those wishing to either deepen or test their knowledge of Anti-Doping are equally welcome. The IWF AD quiz is available at the booth in five languages including Japanese and several leaflets of valuable and unique content created by JADA are being offered to the booth's visitors. Curiosity and knowledge are rewarded alike with small souvenirs! Let's lift Clean! and Jerk and Play True together in

Help the IWF protect clean lifters

A new 'Report Doping' tab was introduced under Anti-Doping on the website. In its aim to further enhance the fight against doping, the IWF is providing this additional opportunity for reporting any possible weightlifting-related violations of the current Anti-Doping Rules. The IWF assures that the information provided will be treated in accordance with the applicable privacy regulations and can be accessed only by authorised members of the IWF Anti-Doping Team. The IWF shall not share any information provided through this page and shall not identify the Sender to Third Parties without prior consent. To make such contribution for the protection of clean weightlifting, please visit the link.