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IWF on the decision of the IOC Executive Board

Following the decision of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board concerning the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, the IWF states that: The IWF acknowledges that the IOC will not accept any entry of any Russian athlete in the Olympic Games Rio 2016 unless such athlete can meet the conditions they set. The IWF acknowledges the request and criteria set by the IOC and await the evidence to be provided by the Russian athletes entered in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The IWF will evaluate the evidence provided once received. The IWF acknowledges that ROC is not allowed to enter any athlete for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 who has ever been sanctioned for doping, even if he or she has served the sanction. In order to establish the pool of eligible Russian athletes, the IWF contacted the IOC, WADA for further clarification on the implementation of the decision that in some points might lead to confusion. The IWF is among those IFs where the Entry List is subject to changes following the eligibility check. As soon the IWF receives the relevant answers, information and clarification, the IWF Executive Board will issue the final decision on the eligibility of the Russian

Entry List for Rio Olympic Games

Following the closure of the entries and eligibility check, the IWF is happy to publish the list of athletes (as of 20 July 2016) entered to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 260 athletes from 91 (!) countries will compete for the 15 Gold Medals. According to the Qualification System, the list includes quotas obtained through: - 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships - 2016 Continental Qualification Events: 5 Continental Championships - Individual Qualifications: considering results from 2014 / 2015 / 2016 Qualification Events - Host Country places provided for Brazil - Tripartite Commission Invitations (wild cards) - Reallocations: beside the unused quotas, the IWF EB reallocated withdrawn quota based on Continental ranking for countries/athletes participated at Qualification Event Check out the List of Quota by NOCs Check out the Entry list by bodyweight

Forms and Regulation for the 2016 YWC are up

The documents for the 2016 IWF Youth World Championships Penang, MAS were uploaded. The Regulation as well as all the forms are accessible through the Calendar and can be downloaded from the

Ricardo Arratia passed away

The National Federation of Chile announces with great sorrow that the ex-athlete, coach and official Ricardo Arratia passed away. For many years, Arratia and weightlifting in Chile meant the same thing. He represents the real love to sport. Nothing was more important for him than weightlifting. Since 1948 he was part of weightlifting and part of the founders of the first association in Valparaíso and then of the national federation. He was the first athlete who represented Chile and also the first Chilean ITO. Hundreds of athletes of different generations were coached by him, received his advices and until today remember his particular way to encourage them at competence and the graphic way to explain the technical movements. The Weightlifting Family would like to express its condolences to his family and the respect to the father of the Chilean

IWF Statement: McLaren Investigation Report

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has received the McLaren Report on the WADA Investigation of Sochi Allegations and noted with regret that the sport of Weightlifting is implicated. The IWF contacts WADA in order to receive evidence regarding the McLaren report and ready to carefully evaluate the outcomes and fully cooperate with the respective Anti-Doping Organisations. In the past four years (2013-2016) the IWF organised the following Events in Russia: 2013 IWF GP - 3rd President's Cup – Moscow; 2014 IWF Junior World Championships – Kazan; IWF GP - 4th President's Cup - Noyabrsk 2015 IWF GP - 5th President's Cup - Grozny 2016 IWF GP - 6th President's Cup - Kazan It is important to emphasize that none of the samples taken in these Events were analysed in the Moscow Laboratory. Furthermore the IWF runs an extensive out of competition (OOC) testing program in Russia and within the aforementioned period none of the OOC samples were analysed in the Moscow Laboratory. The IWF showed multiple time its zero tolerance towards doping and acted as a pioneer by banning Bulgarian lifters from participating at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The IWF also withdrew numerous quota places from countries having produced multiple positive cases in the Qualification period. The IWF Executive Board further decided that National Federations confirmed to have produced 3 or more Anti-Doping Rule Violations in the combined re-analysis process of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games shall be suspended for 1

Reiko Kato Chinen appointed as Weightlifting Sport Manager for Tokyo 2020

Reiko Kato Chinen was appointed as the Weightlifting Sport Manager for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Starting as an athlete, Reiko Kato Chinen has been involved in weightlifting more than 30 years. She is a well experienced and knowledgeable sport administrator, having served also as Technical Director at the 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty, KAZ. Being part of 5 Olympic Games as International Technical Official, she is currently Member of the IWF Technical Committee she is also Member of the Asian Weightlifting Federation and Japan Weightlifting Association Executive Board. Speaking about the appointment, Mrs. Chinen said: “Working also in the bidding process for Tokyo, it was my dream to bring the Olympic Games to my country to develop the sport further. Now having full responsibility to deliver unforgettable Games, I will aim to bring success to JWA, IWF and weightlifting.” The IWF congratulates Mrs. Chinen and will give her all support to make the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games weightlifting competitions a big success.