2023 IWF/ITA report: another successful year in the fight against doping!
Updated: 2024-05-30 07:42:29
The IWF is happy to announce the 2023 statistics concerning its Anti-Doping activities, in co-operation with the ITA (International Testing Agency). Last year, a total of 3192 samples were collected around the world, including 1766 in-competition and 1426 out-of-competition. Moreover, in terms of urine/blood proportion, there were respectively 2403 and 789 samples. This amount of collected samples resulted in […]
Venezuela reaped the rewards of planning ahead when three of its team won gold medals at the World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. “Long-term planning and strategic vision” helped Venezuela to follow up their achievement of qualifying five athletes for the Paris Olympic Games by topping the medals table in Lima. The IWF will be […]
Canada had a 1-2 in the women’s super-heavyweights when the World Youth Championships came to a close in Lima, Peru. Etta Love, who was third last year, came out after everybody else had finished and won with a career-best total of 243kg. Her team-mate Angel Billen was 24kg back in second place and Karen Mancilla […]
Kazakhstan had two winners, Syria had to settle for one, Venezuela moved to the top of the medals table and 14-year-old Sara dal Bo became Italy’s first female youth world champion. Arguably the best performance of the penultimate day of the World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru, however – and possibly of the week – […]
Argentina had its first weightlifting world champion when Paz Casadevall made all six lifts in the women’s 59kg at the World Youth Championships in Lima. Among other highlights on a busy day, Femily Notte from Nauru just failed to win in her own age group after taking the Oceania 64kg senior title as a 14-year-old […]
Around 75 participants at the IWF World Youth Championships gathered today in the headquarters of the Peruvian Olympic Committee (adjacent to the competition venue) to attend the IWF Anti-Doping Education Seminar, an initiative staged in close co-operation with the International Testing Agency (ITA). Athletes, coaches, and support staff had the opportunity to be briefed by ITA’s Ambassador […]