European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) President Antonio Urso has hit back at calls from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for the continental governing body to reconsider its decision to appoint Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) chief Sergey Syrtsov as the chairman of its Anti-Doping Commission.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called for the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) to reconsider its decision to appoint Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) President Sergey Syrtsov as the chairman of its Anti-Doping Commission.

Russian Weightlifting Federation President Sergey Syrtsov has been named as the chairman of the European Weightlifting Federation’s (EWF) Anti-Doping Commission at their Executive Board meeting in Istanbul.

The meldonium crisis which has gripped Russian sport poses no threat to the country's weightlifters, it has been claimed.