PRK’s formidable women’s team looks likely to dominate at the IWF World Championships in Bahrain, which starts next Friday and runs for 10 days. Since returning from a four-year absence after the Covid pandemic, PRK has been the top team at the Asian Games, Qatar Grand Prix, Asian Championships and IWF World Cup. But not at the […]
Karlos Nasar can round off his spectacularly successful year at the IWF World Championships in Bahrain by setting more world records and claiming the one major title that has eluded him at his preferred weight of 89kg. The Championships begin on Thursday and finish on December 15. The highlight of 2024 for the Bulgarian star was winning 89kg […]
IWF Member Federations entered for the 2024 IWF World Championships have until this Friday, November 22, at 12h00 (noon) CET to proceed to the verification of their final entries. In this last step before the participation of their teams in Manama (BRN), National Member Federations may confirm or delete the participation of their athletes. For that, […]
Cyrille Tchatchet II is the candidate from the weightlifting family to the WADA Athlete Council, an election that will take place between December 10-12. Now representing Great Britain, Cyrille is a Cameroon-native athlete who joined Europe as a refugee and, in this quality, integrated the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Refugee Team. His perseverance and charisma were […]
Lasha Talakhadze will miss the IWF World Championships for the first time since 2015. He has barely trained since winning his third Olympic title in Paris three months ago and is not among the final entries for Bahrain, where the 2024 World Championships run from December 6-15. Instead of being in the gym the Georgian super-heavyweight, […]