When news emerged this weekend of Tatiana Kashirina’s loss of three world titles because of a doping offence, one specific fact drew plenty of comments on social media.

Russia’s Weightlifting Federation (RWF) has drawn up an athlete declaration and proposed to the sport’s governing body that all weightlifters from all nations should sign it "in order to follow the principles of equality and non-discrimination."

The "Tokyo effect" is persuading Governments to put more money into weightlifting and is inspiring a new generation of youngsters in the sport, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohamed Jalood said after a day of success for the Philippines, Turkmenistan and India.

Two Olympic gold medallists and a world champion were among the weightlifters who took to the streets this week to help promote the sport in Bahrain and raise the credentials of the Gulf nation as a future host of international competitions.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is planning to keep closer checks on coaches as part of its effort to win back favour from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Eight days ago Mohamed Jalood, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), sent out a message to the governing body’s 194 members in which he reflected on what had happened in 2022, a year that "can and must mark the start of a new future for weightlifting."

Yousef Al Mana will lead the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) through to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after retaining his role as President in Doha today.

The most important weightlifting elections of 2023 will feature the two men who were involved in the controversial head-to-head contest to become President of sport's governing body last June.

At the end of a year when weightlifting news has been dominated by reforms, election controversies, politics and doping, the athletes return to centre stage tomorrow at the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is severing a significant link with its troubled past by shutting down its former headquarters in Budapest and relocating all operations to Lausanne. Switzerland.

Efforts are underway to include North Korea at next year's Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea, which will be a key qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

A huge rise in entry numbers for Olympic qualifying competitions might prompt the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to "double up" with two platforms at major competitions.

Weightlifting is wasting 60 per cent of its potential, says the man who is coordinating plans to transform the sport by distancing it from its troubled past and taking it into a new era.

Mohamed Jalood, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), has revelled in the atmosphere of weightlifting at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which has also been a big talking point among athletes.