Dika Toua from Papua New Guinea kept alive her hopes of setting an Olympic record when she made her final attempt on day one of the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand – the final qualifying opportunity for Paris 2024. Toua, who will be 40 in June, is back on course to become the first […]
“An anthem should reflect an identity. This is normally the case with a country, as we are used to national anthems. But it should also happen with all types of organisations, namely in the sports world. That is what I tried to apply for the IWF”. Antonio Urso, the International Weightlifting Federation General Secretary, was obviously […]
Yerevan and Caracas (subject to WADA confirmation) will be the respective hosts of the 2027 and 2028 editions of the IWF World Championships, after the decision of the IWF Executive Board (EB), meeting today in Phuket (THA). The Armenian capital successfully hosted the 2023 European Championships, while the Venezuelan metropolis staged the recent Pan-American showcase. […]
Hundreds of weightlifters from around the world will be going all-out in Thailand over the next two weeks as they make one final attempt to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At the end of the IWF World Cup in Phuket, about three-quarters of the 466 entries will head home in disappointment, some to […]
Following the launch of the IWF Sustainability Programme in 2023, the IWF Executive Board member in charge of this project Florian Sperl and the IWF CEO Achilleas Tsogas met recently in Lausanne (SUI) with the representatives of Sporting Giants, our International Federation’s partner in charge of conceiving a Sustainability Strategy, to be presented and implemented […]
Behind Eileen Cikamatana’s killer smile and impressive muscles is a humble determination to triumph for her adopted country and family at the Paris Olympics. The dual Commonwealth Games champion and the first woman to win Commonwealth gold for two countries, will compete in the 81kg weightlifting category at her first Olympics. “Going to Paris will […]