The weightlifting world went through a lot over the last seven days: The entire Thai board resigned from their positions after claims of drug abuse and corruption made by the recent German TV documentary The Lord of the Lifters The IWF appointed Professor Richard H. McLaren to investigate claims made by the recent German documentary …
The entire executive board of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) have announced their resignations. Their resignation letter references claims made by the recent German TV documentary, which featured an undercover recording of Thai weightlifter Siripuch Gulnoi. The somewhat confusing letter appears to attempt to exonerate Gulnoi by claiming she was misled by the documentary …
In 2016 at the Olympics Lasha’s 473 kg total overtook the best of Alexander Kurlovich of the Soviet Union. By the 2017 World Championships, Lasha totaled 477 kg, moving beyond the strongest ever, Leonid Taranenko, also of the Soviet Union, into the unknown. Lasha is his own Roger Banister, not only the first to break …
InsideTheGames is reporting that the International Olympic Committee has written to the IWF to warn them against allowing any Thai athletes to return to international competition prior to the 2020 Olympics. There have been reports that Thailand hoped to be able to send youth and junior weightlifters to competitions, despite their self-imposed withdrawl from international …
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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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 …
A statement by the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (included at the bottom of this article) has revealed that eight Thai athletes who failed anti-doping tests were caught as a result of a sophisticated but time-consuming testing technique. Gas Chromatography-Combustion Isotope Ratio Analysis (GC-C-IRMS) is an extremely sensitive way to identify chemicals in complex mixtures. In …
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Thailand will be the host of the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, despite a number of positive drugs tests that look certain to mean that no Thai athletes will be allowed to participate. The IWF announced that, following an Executive Board meeting at the Youth World Championships in Las Vegas, the World Weightlifting Championships would be …