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IWF names ex-Peruvian Prime Minister one of five independent Disciplinary and Ethics Commission members

  • By Ali Iveson
IWF names ex-Peruvian Prime Minister one of five independent Disciplinary and Ethics Commission members

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed five independent members of its new Disciplinary and Ethics Commission.

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Lawyer and FINA Legal Committee member Kane to chair IWF Reform and Governance Commission

  • By Ali Iveson
Lawyer and FINA Legal Committee member Kane to chair IWF Reform and Governance Commission

Australian sports lawyer and International Swimming Federation (FINA) Legal Committee member Darren Kane has been appointed to chair the new International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Reform and Governance Commission. 

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Angry Agapitov criticises focus on old cases after more Russian weightlifters are banned

  • By Brian Oliver
Angry Agapitov criticises focus on old cases after more Russian weightlifters are banned

Four more Russian weightlifters have been banned for historic doping offences, including a 35-year-old woman who is already serving an eight-year ban for a second offence.

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Exclusive: IWF rejects calls for Board to quit and announces strong support for March elections

  • By Brian Oliver
Exclusive: IWF rejects calls for Board to quit and announces strong support for March elections

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will be restricted in its attempts to act on the sport’s latest anti-doping corruption scandal until it carries out constitutional reforms in late March.

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"Shocking" findings of WADA investigation into weightlifting to be passed on to other sports

  • By Brian Oliver
"Shocking" findings of WADA investigation into weightlifting to be passed on to other sports

The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Interim President, Mike Irani, has admitted that the latest revelations about doping corruption in weightlifting make for "shocking reading".

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Transfusions, tip-offs, bribery, undetectable growth hormones - how doping corruption in weightlifting works

  • By Brian Oliver
Transfusions, tip-offs, bribery, undetectable growth hormones - how doping corruption in weightlifting works

A three-year World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigation into doping in weightlifting, based largely on evidence provided by whistleblowers, has revealed an astonishing level of corruption that in several instances is the subject of ongoing investigations by law-enforcement agencies.

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Exclusive: Ex-Interim President Papandrea quits IWF Board that has "absolute disregard for IOC"

  • By Brian Oliver
Exclusive: Ex-Interim President Papandrea quits IWF Board that has "absolute disregard for IOC"

The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been accused of putting its own members’ interests ahead of the sport’s Olympic future in a damning resignation letter by Ursula Papandrea.

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Exclusive: "They were angry because I told IOC the truth" says ousted weightlifting leader Papandrea

  • By Brian Oliver
Exclusive: "They were angry because I told IOC the truth" says ousted weightlifting leader Papandrea

Ursula Papandrea says she was voted out of office by her own Executive Board at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) because they were unhappy that she "told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the truth."

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IWF Board ousts Papandrea and appoints Thailand's Intarat new Interim President

  • By Brian Oliver
IWF Board ousts Papandrea and appoints Thailand's Intarat new Interim President

Ursula Papandrea's attempt to reform the crisis-torn sport of weightlifting appears to have failed as she has apparently been forced out of the office of Interim President by her own Executive Board.

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Exclusive: Talk of "Plan B" for Olympic weightlifting qualifying exposes huge rift in IWF leadership

  • By Brian Oliver
Exclusive: Talk of "Plan B" for Olympic weightlifting qualifying exposes huge rift in IWF leadership

Four days after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach issued a stern statement about weightlifting’s Olympic future, a damaging rift at the top of the sport’s governing body has been exposed.

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Six more Russian weightlifters banned and three charged - but Russia blames Aján and IWF

  • By Brian Oliver
Six more Russian weightlifters banned and three charged - but Russia blames Aján and IWF

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has banned six Russian weightlifters for periods of four to eight years and provisionally suspended three more after a doping investigation based on information from a whistleblower.

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Weightlifting "ensures credibility" by giving independents majority on new Anti-Doping Commission

  • By Brian Oliver
Weightlifting "ensures credibility" by giving independents majority on new Anti-Doping Commission

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has taken another significant step in its attempts to clean up a tarnished sport by giving the majority of seats on its new Anti-Doping Commission to independent members.

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Exclusive: Another 130 weightlifting doping samples "hidden" by Aján regime at IWF

  • By Brian Oliver
Exclusive: Another 130 weightlifting doping samples "hidden" by Aján regime at IWF

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has demanded action from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) over 130 doping samples "hidden" during the tenure of its disgraced former president Tamás Aján, insidethegames can reveal.

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Chumak, Cikamatana and a dog star in Uzbekistan online weightlifting competition

  • By Brian Oliver
Chumak, Cikamatana and a dog star in Uzbekistan online weightlifting competition

Ukraine’s Dmytro Chumak was the star of the show in what was arguably the best online weightlifting competition ever staged - though Australia’s Eileen Cikamatana, a strong China team and a dog did their best to upstage him.

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New IWF Athletes' Commission to come into being on September 1

  • By Brian Oliver
New IWF Athletes' Commission to come into being on September 1

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has taken the first step towards giving athletes a meaningful voice in the sport’s future.

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Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.

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