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Pan American Championships Postponed

Due to the Coronavirus crisis, the Executive Committee of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation, with the consent of the Local Organizing Committee, postponed the 2020 Pan American Championship (14-24 April, Santo Domingo, DOM) to a yet unknown date.

Anti-Doping Seminars in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA), in cooperation with the Doping Control Agency of Thailand (DCAT) and the National Olympic Committee, held an Anti -Doping Seminar in Chiang Mai, Thailand for national weightlifters and coaches. The main principles of the seminar were: 1. To prepare coaches and athletes to participate in the local and international events 2. To educate athletes on the IWF Anti-Doping policy and the WADA Code 3. To test the knowledge of participants by Anti-Doping ELearning System (ADeL-Alpha) DCAT experts gave lectures to the audience about doping prevention. TAWA emphasized they will make all efforts against doping and making weightlifting a clean sport in the

The European Masters Championships postponed

As a consequence of the COVID-19 spread, the European Masters Committee and the Dutch organizers had to decide to postpone the 2020 European Masters Championships in Den Helder from 16 -23 May to a new date,  28 November - 5 December 2020. BASED ON THIS POSTPONEMENT AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL ATHLETES AND THE ORGANISER THE EUROPEAN MASTERS COMMITTEE MADE THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS The registration will close on 30 March 2020 as scheduled. All registrations received are accepted and as stated no refunds! An additional registration period will now be added from 15th Aug. to 15th Sept. 2020. All the entry fees should have been collected by you prior to giving the access code and total fees must be sent to the European Masters account as scheduled. The EUROPEAN MASTERS QUALIFYING PERIOD WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER

The South American Championships postponed

Because of the global spread of the Coronavirus and travel restrictions implemented by many countries around the World, the Columbian Weightlifting Federation has decided to postpone the South American, Ibero-American & OPEN Senior Championships, that was due to be held 18-23 in Cali, COL. The new date of the competition will be announced as soon as

Oceania Championships and Commonwealth Championships postponed

Because of the global spread of the Coronavirus and travel restrictions implemented by many countries around the World, the Oceania Weightlifting Federation Executive Board and the Nauru Organizing Committee has decided to postpone the Oceania Championships and Commonwealth Championships, that was due to be held 21-25 April in Nauru. The new date of the competition will be announced as soon as

IWF Sport Commission meeting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) regards the safety and well-being of athletes, officials, spectators and the wider population as its number one priority when organising international sporting events. IWF has therefore been in close contact with all Local Organising Committees following the outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and has been diligent in following the most up to date advice from the World Health Organization (WHO).  This follows the postponement / cancellation of four (4) of the five planned Continental Championships in the last two weeks. Noting the impact, the postponement of these Championships will have on the Qualification System of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, the IWF Sport Commission has met twice in the last 48 hours to urgently address the action needed to safeguard the integrity of this framework. In the presence of IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF General Secretary Mohammed Jaloud and IWF Vice President Nicu Vlad, the Commission has reaffirmed the IWF’s no compromise anti-doping approach to protect the clean athlete but at the same time, to identify measures to modify elements of the system with the view to still providing a clear avenue to athlete qualification. Such recommendations will be presented to the Executive Board upon its meeting to be held on 17 – 18 March 2020. Moreover, the IWF Sport Commission also discussed the key principles to support the development of the Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games Qualification System. The IWF Sport Commission comprises of Matthew Curtain (Chair), Nicu Vlad (IWF Vice-President and Technical Committee Chair), Reiko Chinen (Tokyo 2020 Weightlifting Manager & IWF Technical Committee Secretary), Tom Goegebuer (IWF Athletes Commission Deputy Chair) and Attila Adamfi (IWF Director