Moscow to host World Weightlifting Championships
The 2030 World Weightlifting Championships will be held in Moscow, the press service of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced.
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Azerbaijani athlete wins 3 gold medals at Weightlifting Championships
Azerbaijani weightlifter Dadash Dadashbeyli has won three gold medals at the European Championships in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. An athlete competing in the 109 kg weight category lifted 176 kg in the snatch and 212 kg in the clean …
Azerbaijani weightlifter wins gold at 2nd CIS Games
Azerbaijani weightlifter Dadash Dadashbayli has become the winner of the 2nd CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Games in Belarus. The athlete, performing in the weight category up to 109 kg, won the gold medal with a total result …
Iranian weightlifters become Asian champions
The Iranian junior team won first place in the weightlifting competition of the Asian Championship. Uzbekistan took second place, India was the third one.
Armenia denied right to host World Weightlifting Championship 2024
The World Weightlifting Championship won't be held in Armenia, instead Bahrain will host the IWF World Championships 2024 edition. Manama, the capital of Bahrain, will host the 2024 edition of the IWF World Championships, …
World’s weightlifting body clears Russia for int’l competition
The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has cleared athletes from Russia and Belarus for international competition under a neutral status, the IWF press office said. "Following an online meeting of …
Azerbaijan to take part in African Weightlifting Championship for first time
Azerbaijani athletes will participate in the African Weightlifting Championship in May. The IWF invited the athletes to Tunisia after a scandalous incident at the European Championships, which took place in Yerevan.
European Weightlifting Championship’s 1st gold medal dedicated to Azerbaijan
Today, Turkish weightlifter Cansu Bektas became the champion in the weight category up to 45 kg at the European Weightlifting Championship in Yerevan
EWF condemns burning of Azerbaijani flag in Yerevan
The EWF has published an extended statement in connection with the desecration of the Azerbaijani flag at the European Weightlifting Championship in Yerevan
Azerbaijani weightlifters leave Armenia amid flag desecration
Today, the Azerbaijani weightlifters left the territory of Armenia
Azerbaijani weightlifters to take part in European Championship in Yerevan
Azerbaijani weightlifters will participate in the European Championship in Armenia's Yerevan, the International Weightlifting Federation said. In the upcoming competition, Naila Ismayilova, Isa Rustamov, Omar Javadov and Ali …
Hripsime Khurshudyan’s medal handed over to Georgian Anastasia Gottfried
According to the Weightlifting Federation of Georgia, due to the deprivation of the Armenian weightlifter, Hripsime Khurshudyan, of all medals won since 2008, the gold medal of the European Weightlifting Champion was handed over to Georgian …
Lasha Talakhadze competes for best weightlifter title
Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze has been nominated for the Best Male Lifter in 2018 by the International Weightlifting Federation. The voting for revealing the World Best weightlifter of the year 2018 will be ended …
Moscow to host European Weightlifting Championships in 2020
Moscow has won the right to host the 2020 European Weightlifting Championships, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) Maxim Agapitov said. The decision was made today at the Congress of the European …
Ashgabat to host World Weightlifting Championship
The World Weightlifting Championship will be held in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat from October 281 to November 10, 2018, local media reported. Turkmenistan’s bid to host the World Weightlifting Championship was unanimously …
Georgian athlete named lifter of the year
Georgia’s weightlifting world champion and record-breaking athlete Lasha Talakhadze was named the International Weightlifting Federation’s Lifter of the Year via an online poll. Talakhadze, who broke three …
Georgia wins first female gold in weightlifting
Anastasia Hotfrid, representing Georgia at the world championship in weightlifting in the US city of Anaheim, has won the Georgian team’s first gold medal. . She competed in the 90kg category and lifted 265kg in …
Turkmenistan to host Weightlifting World Championships in 2018
The International Weightlifting Federation has announced that the 2018 IWF World Championships will be held in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. It was originally announced over two years ago that the contest would be held in …
Iranian women to be allowed to compete internationally
Women weightlifters from Iran will be allowed to compete internationally for the first time, the president of the country’s weightlifting federation, Ali Moradi, said. "We have established the Iran …
Weightlifting legend Naim Süleymanoğlu dies at age 50
Multiple World and Olympic weightlifting champion Naim Süleymanoğlu has died at the age of 50 after having been placed into intensive care at the Ataşehir Memorial in Istanbul, Turkish media said Saturday, Daily Sabah …