Three Russian weightlifters, who were already under investigation for doping, have tested positive for banned drugs according to the IWF. Nadezda Evstyukhina, Oleg Chen and David Bedzhanyan all gave samples that tested positive for the same metabolite of an anabolic steroid. 4-chloro-18-nor-17b-hydroxymethyl, 17a-methyl-5aandrost-13-en-3a-ol is produced in the body as it metabolises Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a banned anabolic …
Just four days before she competed for her sixth world championships title, Tatiana Kashirina performed a heavy training session in the training hall. This training session was comprised of multiple snatches at 140kg, multiple clean and jerks at 170kg, and a truly extraordinary double in the back squat at 255kg. Tatiana Kashirina is an Olympic …
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The World Anti-Doping Agency has announced a decision that would see Russia banned from all major sporting events for four years. If upheld, the ban would mean the only chance for Russian weightlifters to appear at the 2020 Olympic Games would be for them to independently prove themselves to be clean athletes and compete under …
Five-time World Champion Tatiana Kashirina, Olympic medalist Ruslan Albegov, World Champion Artem Okulov, and others appear absent in Russia’s National Testing Pool (NTP) and Registered Testing Pool (RTP). Russia’s NTP and RTP serve to ensure two things: that athletes remain clean throughout all competitive and non-competitive seasons that athletes who are doping are caught and …
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Exclusive to Weightlifting House we are finally releasing the Vladimir Safonov interview that Joshua Gibson recorded last year. Until now this video has been available only to our Patreon followers, but we decided we would release it now to the weightlifting community at large. Time Stamps When you’re looking for (youth) weightlifters to coach what …
Following on from the five suspensions earlier this week, a further five Russian weightlifters have been suspended pending the outcome of investigations against them. Evidence has been supplied to the IWF by the World Anti-Doping Administration (WADA), based on that collected by the McLaren report. The new suspensions are: Dimitriy Lapikov – already stripped of …
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The IWF has released the latest version of the anti-doping violation counts for nations since 2008. This sets restrictions on the maximum number of athletes these nations can qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. See our qualifying guide for more details. Nations with fewer than ten anti-doping violations since July 2008 can qualify a maximum …
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The entry list has been published for the Japan-China-Korea Friendship Tournament – the test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This competition, which runs from 6th – 7th July 2019 is a silver-level qualifying competition for the 2020 Olympics. That means it carries a 5% Robi point bonus for those who compete at it. As …
Two new anti-doping test failures have been announced by the IWF. Russian Nadezhda Lomova and Thai Witsanu Chantri have both been suspended pending completion of cases against them. Nadezhda Lomova won a silver medal in the -63 category at the 2014 European Championship but has not competed internationally much since. She bombed out of the …
Before we start, here is a link to all things European Championships (start list, schedule…) and here is our Tokyo 2020 Qualifying Guide This article will go over all of the women competing at the European Championships who are yet to total and so MUST total at the European Championships or else their Olympic dreams …