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Weightlifting has today been confirmed on the programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028, following a vote of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai, ...
Weightlifting has today been confirmed on the programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028, following a vote of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Mumbai, India.
It comes after the IOC Executive Board and Olympic Programme Commission recommended the sport for inclusion as part of their discussions last week.
Today’s news protects the dreams and ambitions of millions of athletes around the world and provides much needed certainty for all stakeholders of the sport.
It reflects strong progress being made in governance and anti-doping reform under the leadership of the refreshed IWF Executive Board elected in June last year.
North Korea "opens up" to foreigners after threat of weightlifting exclusion
North Korea has agreed to open up to foreign visitors from anti-doping agencies to protect its sporting future, three months after the country was said by the United Nations to be "more isolated from the global community than ever before".
The decision, confirmed to insidethegames by global sports authorities and in person by North Korean team officials at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, is effective immediately.
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The most important meeting was with Mohammed Jalood, President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Weightlifting, North Korea's number one sport in terms of international achievement, has far stricter anti-doping rules than others.
After a decision taken by the IWF Executive Board in June, nations that block the entry of independent foreign testers become ineligible for IWF competitions.
"We must ensure that our athletes can participate," said Songnam Jang, manager of the North Korea team that finished top of the weightlifting medals table in H
Russia's world champion weightlifter Kashirina banned for eight years
Four weeks after making her international comeback, world champion weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina has been banned for eight years because a decision about a doping violation was overturned.
The five-time super-heavyweight world champion and multiple world record holder is suspended until 2031, and at the age of 32, her career is over.
Kashirina, a silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, posted the biggest total in the history of women’s weightlifting in 2014 when she made 348 kilograms at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Kazakhstan.
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A month later, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) also filed an appeal against the disciplinary committee’s decision.
Both appeals have been upheld by CAS and the ruling was officially announced by RUSADA on its website yesterday.
Kashirina's eight-year suspension began last Monday, RUSADA said. She will be 40 when it ends.
IWF Gender Identity Policy - Aug 2023
This Gender Identity Policy is applicable only to athletes competing in domestic, continental or international competitions hosted or sanctioned by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
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III. Event Categories
Domestic events hosted by national federations should attempt to have the following categories, per their national federation’s gender identity policy. For Continental, Grand Prix, International, World competitions, IWF will adopt the following categories for competition. For the sake of clarity, this excludes university/collegiate events, which are subject to following FISU’s policy.
Women’s Events: * Events exclusively for athletes who identify as :
- A cis-female athlete
- Those who are assigned female at birth (may include Non-Binary, DSD, Intersex)
- Those trans-female athletes who complete hormonal transition BEFORE Completion of puberty.
Men’s Events: * Events exclusively for athletes who identify as:
- A cis-male athle
Athletes happy as IWF removes "undergarments" from weightlifting weigh-in rules
Complaints by weightlifters about the unfairness of weigh-in regulations have led to a change in the rules by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
Males and females of all ages will have to wear a weightlifting uniform when they weigh in, and any mention of the contentious word "undergarments" has been removed from the updated rules, which are effective immediately.
Nobody will be allowed to weigh in naked or bra-less, and there will now be an across-the-board allowance of 250 grammes for the uniform, which means any athlete who is over the weight limit for their category by 250g or less will be eligible to compete.
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Weightlifting reinvented - no more press-out, new competitions, fewer referees
Weightlifters taking part in the European and Asian Junior Championships over the next two weeks could be the first generation to take full advantage of a "reinvention" of the sport when they reach the peak of their careers.
New, simplified rules and new-format competitions will feature after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games if, as expected, members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) approve a new vision for the sport.
Proposed changes in the IWF’s Strategic Plan would mean no more press-out controversies, fewer referees, new formats for competitions, and enhanced versions of those already on the calendar.
There would be more collaboration with newer strength sports such as CrossFit and other forms of functional fitness, better use of technology to improve presentation of events in the arena and on broadcast channels, and an all-round effort to change the image of weightlifting.
More than 250 stakeholders from inside and outside the governing body have played a pa
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