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Asian Championships Start List
The start book for the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships has been made available.
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Lasha Talakhadze | My Prediction
On Saturday 13th of April, on the final day of the European Weightlifting...
Dr. Mike Israetel – Five Things I Learned
This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect...
Fiber Typing National and World-Caliber Weightlifters
INTRODUCTION A study recently published (2019)...
Indian Team for Asian Championships 2019
India will send a team of eight men and four women to the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships. While the...
Iran Women Set For Asian Championships
Iran will send a team of seven women to the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships, in a sign of a continuing commitment to...
European Championships 2019 – Day 7
Women's 81 kg There wasn't a huge amount of interest in this non-Olympic category – apparently, it was shown...
Former Asian Champion Tests Positive
Rustam Djangabaev, the Uzbekistan super-heavyweight, has tested positive for use of human growth hormone and faces a ban from sport.
European Championships 2019 – Day 6
Men's 89 kg This group was a battle between Revaz Davitadze (Georgia), who had huge home support, and Hakob...
Kazakhstan Team for Asian Championhips 2019
Kazakhstan has announced their team for the 2019 Asian Championships, to be held later this month in Nigbo, China.
European Championships 2019 – Day 5
Women's 71 kg It's fairly unusual for medals to be won from the B group of a category but...
Pan American Championships 2019 – Final Entry List
The final entry list for the Pan American Championships 2019 has been released.
European Championships 2019 – Day 4
Women's 64 kg Loredana Toma (Romania) seemed a dead cert to win this group and that is how it...
European Championships 2019 – Day 3
Women's 59 kg This was a group that many were looking forward to, mainly because the super talented Rebeka...
European Championships 2019 – Day 2
Women's 55 kg This group was all over the place. The winner of the snatch gold – Lucrezia Magistris...
41 Lifters Barred From Europeans
InsideTheGames are reporting that forty-one athletes have been barred from competing at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships due to them failing to...
European Championships Day 1
W45 The first A group of the day was the Women's 45 kg category. Turkey's Şazi̇ye Erdoğan took the...
Russian and Thai Lifters Test Positive
Two new anti-doping test failures have been announced by the IWF. Russian Nadezhda Lomova and Thai Witsanu Chantri have both been suspended...
British Squad for the 2019 European Championships
British Weightlifting will send a team of ten women and six men to the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Georgia in...
USA Lifters To Compete At British International Open
Team USA will bring several athletes over to the UK in June for the British International Open, a bronze-level Olympic qualifier.
Asian Championships 2019 Schedule
Here is the schedule for the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships. This schedule has been confirmed after the final entry date so should...
40 Years of Olympic Weightlifting Mascots
The mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been revealed: According to the Tokyo...
Valentin Hristov Loses 2012 Bronze Due To Failed Retest
Azerbaijan's 2012 Bronze medalist in the men's 56 kg category will be stripped of his medal and likely banned for life after...
Kazakhstan to Beg IOC to Allow Them More 2020 Slots
InsideTheGames are reporting that Kazakhstan weightlifting officials will meet with representatives of the International Olympic Committee to ask them to allow additional...