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IWF Welcomes ASOIF’s Fourth Review on IF Governance

June 21, 2022 - Lausanne, Switzerland Today the Association of Olympic International Sports Federations (ASOIF) released its audit for all summer Olympic International Federations. In accordance with the release, the International Weightlifting Federation is proud to announce that it has increased its score to secure a strong place in Group B. Group B, sits in the middle of the five-group system (A1, A2, B, AT and C) determined by the ASOIF Governance Task Force (GTF).Following a self-assessment questionnaire and independent evaluation conducted by ASOIF and independent experts, the IWF achieved four (4) Top 10 results in the assessed indicators.  This marks a significant improvement for the organisation and demonstrates the dedication of the leadership to foster transparency, modernisation, and accountability on all fronts within the organisation.The questionnaire consisted of 50 measurable indicators covering the following items: Transparency, Integrity, Democracy, Development and Control Mechanisms. Among the areas of great improvement for the IWF have been the sections on Transparency, democracy, and integrity.Welcoming the report findings, Dr. Michael Irani, IWF Interim President, said:“We would like to thank the ASOIF Governance Taskforce and independent experts for their work. The findings in the Fourth Review of International Federation Governance by ASOIF marks a significant progress for our sport and our organization. The IWF has worked hard and has committed itself to implementing new safeguards within our organization, from our new constitution to new transparent processes in the lead up to our elections this weekend, the findings are a clear demonstration of the results of our hard work. We are paving a new way forward for the IWF and the future is

Media&Press Registration – 2022 IWF Special and Electoral Congress

Media and Press registration is now open for the 2022 IWF Special and Electoral Congress which will be held between 25-26 June 2022 in Tirana, Albania. Accreditation requests will be only accepted via the IWF Media Registration System which can be found here. In case of question, please contact IWF at

Last Day of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The last day of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the Women +81kg and the Men +102kg categories. Women +81kg Category In the Snatch portion of the program of the last female category of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships, Johanna PFEILSTOECKER from Austria finished at third place with 96kg, Fatmagul CEVIK from Turkey placed second with 99kg and Yairan Sofia TYSFOROD RIVAS from Colombia was awarded as the Snatch World Champion with 100kg which she lifted on her third attempt. In Clean&Jerk Tysforod Rivas added another World Champion title to her collection with lifting 121kg on her third attempt. Cevik could also keep her podium finish with 120kg and this time Cevik's teammate Tuana SUREN could stand on the Podium with 116kg. The Total podium was as follows: Yairan Sofia TYSFOROD RIVAS (COL) - 221kg Fatmagul CEVIK (TUR) - 219kg Tuana SUREN (TUR) - 211kg Women +81kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men +102kg Category In the last session of the Championships Slovakia won its first World Champion title of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships when Vladimr MACURA placed first in all the disciplines with 151-181- 332kg.  In Snatch, Silver went to Jhon Mario MARTINEZ ROBLEDO from Colombia with 140kg, while the host country could enjoy another podium finish with Jose Manuel MEZA VIZCARRA lifting 136kg.   In Clean&Jerk Martinez Robledo collected another Silver medal with his lift of 175kg and Kevin Mateo ASTO SAITEROS from Ecuador secured the Bronze medal with 169kg. The last Total podium was as follows: Vladimr MACURA (SVK) - 332kg Jhon Mario MARTINEZ ROBLEDO (COL) - 315kg Marek Mateusz GUGALA (POL) - 302kg Men +102kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac

Day 7 – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The seventh day featured the Women 81kg and the Men 102kg categories. Women 81kg Category In the first session of the day, the host country Mexico finally won its first Gold medal of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships when Mairyn Vanessa HERNANDEZ LIZZARRAGA won with 95kg. Silver went to Busra CAN (TUR) with 94kg, while Shams Mohamed Ahmed ABDELRAZIM (EGY) finished third with 92kg. In Clean&Jerk only the order in the first two places changed. This time Can won with her second lift of 118kg, Hernandez Lizarraga took Silver with 116kg, and Abdelrazim collected her second Bronze medal of the day with 115kg. The Total podium was as follows: Busra CAN - 212kg Mairyn Vanessa HERNANDEZ LIZARRAGA - 211kg Shams Mohamed Ahmed ABDELRAZIM - 207kg Women 81kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 102kg Category In the Snatch portion of the program the competition for the Gold medal was decided between 2 athletes, Nikita ABDRAKHMANOV from Kazakhstan and Kutradbek SALIMJONOV from Uzbekistan. At the end Abdrakhmanov could hold a 1kg advantage and with 157kg placed first, while Salimjonov won Silver with 156kg. Bronze medal went Cristian Jesus BOJORQUEZ GRIJALVA from Mexico with 133kg. In C&J, Baki Sami KIYMET from Turkey placed third with 163kg, Salimjonov with just only one good lift of 171kg finished second and once again Abdrakhmanov won it all with a the huge difference of 20kg (191kg). In Total the following results were made: Nikita ABDRAKHMANOV (KAZ) - 348kg Kutradbek SALIMJONOV (UZB) - 327kg Baki Sami KIYMET (TUR) - 294kg Men 102kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas The last day tomorrow will feature the Men +102kg and the Women +81kg categories. Follow the competition live on the IWF YouTube

Day 6 – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

On day 6 of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships the action continued with the Women 76kg and Men 96kg categories. Women 76kg Category In Snatch Estefany ESPINOZA URESTI from Mexico placed 3rd with 90kg which she lifted on her third attempt. Second place went to Nigora SUVONOVA from Uzbekistan with 91kg who after last year Youth World Championships repeated her performance only this time she needed 1 kg less for that. The Snatch Youth World Champion title at the end went to Rahma Ahmed Abdelrazek Hassan ELSAYED from Egypt with her third attempt of 95kg. In Clean&Jerk the same podium followed: Espinoza finished third with 110kg, Suvonova 2nd with 119kg, which was 5kg more than her best lift last year in Jeddah, and Elsayed placed first with her 2nd lift of 120kg. The Total result were as follows: Rahma Elsayed (EGY) - 215kg Nigora Suvonova (UZB) - 210kg Estefany Espinoza (MEX) - 200kg  Women 76kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 96kg Category In Snatch Gervasi TABAGARI (GEO) proved to be the strongest as he lifted 7kg more (140kg) than the second and third placed athletes, Saparly MUHYYEV (TKM) and Abrorbek MARUFBEKOV (UZB). In C&J Muhyyev collected another medal, this time a Bronze with his second lift of 167kg. Silver medal was awarded to Pablo MEDINA CONTRERAS (MEX) with his third attempt of 169kg, while the absolute winner was Tabagari with a C&J of 177kg. In Total, Medina Contreras added a Bronze medal to his collection with 300kg, Muhyyev won Silver with the same Total and Tabagari became the Youth World Champion with 317kg. Men 96kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the event continues with the Men 102kg and Women 81kg categories. Follow the competition live on the IWF YouTube

IWF Welcomes Decision from CAS

The IWF has taken note and welcomes this decision put forth today by the Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) regarding two individuals, former International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) leaders, both of whom have now been suspended from the sport for life. In recent years, the IWF has invested a significant amount of time and resources to eradicate doping from the sport. Working together with the International Testing Agency (ITA), the IWF has outsourced all anti-doping activities including testing and education to these experts to run. IWF Interim President Michael Irani commented, “We welcome the decision by CAS which closes a chapter in IWF history. The IWF has learnt a lot and continues to move forward in governance reforms and clean sport in order to avoid anything like this from happening again in the future. With this behind us we can fully focus on the completion of tasks which were given to us by our Olympic partners concluding with the upcoming election end of this month.”  The CAS decision can be read