Hosts Colombia picked up two golds, one of which was won with an American record, on the final day of action at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
Titles were decided across six more divisions at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota today, with Mexico picking up two overall golds.
Chile roared to triple gold today at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
Panasonic was used as a visual and audio-visual solution supplier at a World Para Powerlifting event for the first time at the Kitakyushu 2018 Asia-Oceania Open Championships, to help promote Para-sports in Japan.
Syrian powerlifter Shadi Issa has been suspended by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping violation at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai.
A new programme entitled "She Can Lift", centered on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, has been launched by World Para Powerlifting to attract more female athletes and improve gender equality in the sport.
More than 80 Para-athletics and powerlifting athletes, coaches and technical officials, from 14 African countries, gathered in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia for a three-day workshop and training camp.
Siamand Rahman has been named as the best Asian-Oceanian powerlifter following success at the regional championships in Kitakyushu.
Ukrainian powerlifter Anton Kriukov has been suspended by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for an anti-doping violation.
World Para Powerlfting has released the shortlist for the Best Asian Powerlifter award following the end of the Asia-Oceania Open Championships in Kitakyushu and public voting is open.
Para powerlifters from across Asia and Oceania have signed a commitment to clean sport during anti-doping seminars run by the sport’s governing body.
Iran's Siamand Rahman was predictably dominant as the Asia-Oceania Open Powerlifting Championships concluded in Kitakyushu.
China continued their domination of the Asia-Oceania Open Powerlifting Championships with two more world records on the penultimate day in Kitakyushu.
China's Tan Yujiao broke her own world record in the women's under-67 kilograms category as she won gold at the Asia-Oceania Powerlifting Open Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.
China's Qi Yongkai broke the world junior record en-route to winning gold at the Asia-Oceania Open Powerlifting Championships in Japan.
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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