Anti-doping news

Countries with positive lifters between 1st January and 31st December 2008.

Countries with positive lifters between 1st January and 31st December 2008.: ARM 3 In-Competition BIH 1 In-Competition BLR 1 Out-of-Competition BRA 1 In-Competition BUL 12 Out-of-Competition CHI 1 In-Competition CUB 2 In-Competition DOM 2 In-Competition GRE 11 Out-of-Competition IND 1 Out-of-Competition IRI 1 In-Competition IRQ 4 In-Competition JOR 2 In-Competition KAZ 1 In-Competition KGZ 1 In-Competition KSA 1 In-Competition LBA 4 In-Competition MDA 2 In-Competition MGL 1 In-Competition NED 1 In-Competition PAK 1 In-Competition RUS 1 Out-of-Competition SEY 1 In-Competition SYR 1 In-Competition THA 1 In-Competition UKR 1 In-Competition VEN 3

WADA 2009 Prohibited List Now Published

Following its approval by WADA's Executive Committee on September 20, the 2009 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now available. This List will go into effect on January 1,

2008 Doping Rule violations

Countries with positive lifters between 1st January and 25th July 2008.: ARM 1 In-Competition BIH 1 In-Competition BLR 1 Out-of-Competition BRA 1 In-Competition BUL 11 Out-of-Competition CHI 1 In-Competition CUB 2 In-Competition DOM 2 In-Competition GRE 11 Out-of-Competition IND 1 Out-of-Competition IRQ 4 In-Competition KSA 1 In-Competition LBA 4 In-Competition MDA 2 In-Competition PAK 1 In-Competition RUS 1 Out-of-Competition SEY 1 In-Competition SYR 1 In-Competition VEN 3

NO final doping results from the Junior World Championships yet!

Since the WADA accredited laboratories are completely overloaded with pre-Olympic sample analysis, the samples from the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships are not yet finished. We hope that before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games we will be able to announce the final ranking list of the

Athlete’s Arrival to Beijing Olympic Games

In accordance with the IWF Executive Board decision and as it has been previously communicated to all National Federation, ALL OLYMPIC COMPETITORS SHALL ARRIVE TO BEIJING 8 (EIGHT) DAYS PRIOR to their respective competition

Revised World Anti-Doping Code

We are pleased to announce that the revised World Anti-Doping Code (Code), unanimously approved by the WADA Foundation Board on November 17, 2007, and effective as of January 1, 2009, is now available for downloading and printing