Thailand claimed first and second place in the opening medal event of the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here in Bogotá, Colombia, the first qualifying competition for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Dika Toua, the first female weightlifter to compete at the Olympic Games five times, has begun her quest to make it six.

The full list of weightlifting’s qualifying events for Paris 2024 has been announced by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) during its Special Congress at the Hilton Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia.

Zacarias Bonnat, an Olympic silver medallist last year who was voted on to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board in September as an Athletes Commission representative, has tested positive for a banned substance.

Members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will be told this weekend that the sport's chances of regaining its Olympic status are very much alive.

When Hampton Morris begins his quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in his "home away from home" in Colombia next week he will look beyond setting yet another world record.

Iran's top medal contender, Rasoul Motamedi, is out of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships - the first qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - after suffering an injury in a domestic competition.

An International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) delegation have completed a visit to Paris prior to the city's hosting of the Olympic Games, to assess aspects of sport presentation, transport, venues, infrastructure, and medical services.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has recruited a sport development manager as part of its reform programme, and has also agreed a new media rights deal.

Pekka Kare, a former Executive Board member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Honorary President of the Finnish Weightlifting Federation, has died aged 91 following a short illness.

The case for weightlifting’s inclusion in the next Caribbean Games, to be held in 2025, has been put to the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) 20^th General Assembly in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Karlos Nasar, the 18-year-old weightlifting world champion from Bulgaria, will begin his quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games under the cloud of criminal charges that could lead to a prison sentence.

The 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships is on course to be the biggest in the sport's history after the publication of final entries today.

Four Olympic champions, including three who won in Tokyo last year, are among the 16 candidates declared eligible to stand for election to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission next month.