Russia's absence from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships, which finished last week in Las Vegas, was a direct result of the United States' failure to issue visas for the team, the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) President Maxim Agapitov said.
The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Weightlifting Federation has set up a GoFundMe page in a last-ditch effort to ensure it has a team at the 2019 Pacific Games and Oceania Championships in Samoa.
The International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships came to an end in Las Vegas today with hosts the United States claiming two medals in the women’s over-81 kilogram division.
Romania's achievement in winning 12 medals at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships in Las Vegas has been tempered by the news that one of their athletes has become the 55th weightlifter to test positive in the retesting of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Once again two athletes claimed triple gold in their divisions on day six of the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas.
Lifters from Mexico and Uzbekistan both achieved a clean sweep of titles in their class as the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships continued in Las Vegas.
Kazakhstan's Yessenkeldi Sapi produced some outstanding lifting to easily claim the men's 81 kilograms overall gold medal at the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas.
Uzbekistan's Nigora Abdullaeva has become the latest athlete to win all three gold medals in her weight category at the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas.
Italy's Sergio Massidda won a hat-trick of golds on day two of the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas.
Tu Tung Do of Vietnam won a hat-trick of gold medals with three youth world records as the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships began in Las Vegas.
Thailand has agreed to ban itself from weightlifting because of its recent doping record and will miss the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but it will still host the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.
Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) gold medallist Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva will be among those vying for glory at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships with the event due to begin in Las Vegas tomorrow.
Spain's Lidia Valentín has officially made history as the first female weightlifter to medal at three Olympic Games, having been belatedly awarded the women's 75 kilograms gold from London 2012 at a ceremony in Madrid.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is encouraging the athletes currently making their final preparations for the Youth World Championships to complete its iLiftClean e-learning course.
The women's super-heavyweight world champion Tatiana Kashirina suffered her first defeat since 2012 at the International Weightlifting Federation Fuzhou World Cup, which ended in dramatic style.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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