IWF launches new website, targets boosted digital engagement during Tokyo 2020
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has launched a new website, coinciding with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and efforts to boost digital engagement.
IOC faces legal challenge from Russian weightlifting leader after withdrawing accreditation
Maxim Agapitov is challenging a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to withdraw his accreditation for Tokyo 2020.
Weightlifting’s Olympic future still in the balance after "No" vote leads to stalemate at IWF Congress
More than 50 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have voted against a proposal that could have helped to secure the sport's place on the Olympic Games programme.
Up to 40 nations tell IWF they will not be silenced over new Constitution
About 40 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have written to the governing body to say they will not be silenced throughout the Constitutional Congress on June 30.
Divided views on athlete power and doping bans in feedback on future IWF Constitution
Athlete empowerment, punishments for multiple doping violations, and age and term limits for Executive Board members are some of the points of contention among nations who have sent feedback on a draft Constitution to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Exclusive: IWF ditches weightlifting Reform Commission before it finishes its work
The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has disbanded the Commission it set up to reform the sport before it has finished its job.
IWF is being "unfair" to weightlifters over Olympic qualification delay, China and France say
The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) failure to take any action over its "obsolete" Olympic qualification system is unfair to athletes and creates a risk that dopers will escape detection.
Papandrea urges IWF to switch weightlifting election date as Chinen complains of "gangsters" on Board
The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) claim that it has "moved speedily" in attempting to change the way the sport is governed has been rejected by its former Interim President Ursula Papandrea.
Weightlifting manager for Tokyo 2020 says IWF is risking sport’s future by opting for October elections
The sport manager for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 says the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is risking the sport’s Olympic future by delaying its elections until after the rearranged Olympic Games.
Delaying new Constitution will threaten weightlifting’s Olympic status, Adamfi tells IWF
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) should hold its delayed elections before the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games or the sport’s chances of retaining its place on the Olympic programme will suffer.
Bach warns weightlifting faces Paris 2024 exclusion unless IWF addresses governance concerns
Weightlifting is closer to losing its place on the Olympic Games programme than at any time since it became a regular feature more than 100 years ago.
Dimas, Zhou and Papandrea back Pacific islands' call for "unfair" IWF elections to be online-only
Leading candidates for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Presidency from the United States, China and Greece have endorsed a call to move the IWF’s elections to online-only.
IOC criticism forces IWF into weightlifting doping rules U-turn
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has done a U-turn on its anti-doping rules after criticism from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Oceania Weightlifting Federation drops IWF election candidates from "unethical" role and rebuts criticism
The Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) has responded to claims of "unethical behaviour" by dropping a proposal to involve a candidate for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) elections in voting procedures at regional level.
Exclusive: Weightlifting’s new anti-doping rules are "stronger and fairer" says IWF - despite complaints
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has made substantial changes to its anti-doping rules, leading to complaints from some nations of a lack of transparency and of "loosening when it should be tightening" the policing of multiple offenders.
