Further to our news release on the 18th June 2007, please see the link below on the life ban lifted of coach Mr. Sevdalin Marinov by the Court of Arbitration for Sport Appeals Division. http://www.awf.com.au/resources/docs/Marinov-271007.pdf

The IWF has carried out an extensive out of competition doping control testing in the past few month to try to ensure equal chances for all lifters at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Based on the IWF Anti Doping rules all Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) shall kept confidential until the cases [...]

Former Weightlifter and Coach Mr. SEVDALIN MARINOV has received LIFE sanction following the second offence of the Australian Weightlifting Federation Anti Doping Policy. The IWF strongly encourages all National Federations to continue testing and investigations and do NOT tolerate any kind of doping offences.  

The 2007 whereabouts forms has been posted on the website. All National Federations are obliged to provide the necessary whereabouts information, therefore you are kindly requested to download the attached word files and send the completed files to the IWF before 31st January 2007.

Beijing 2008 4500 doping tests are foreseen for the XXIX Olympiad. London 2012 5000 doping tests are foreseen for the XXX Olympiad. Athletes need to be targeted out-of-competition even more effectively in the coming years to be able to send a strong message to all participating athletes, countries and to every other party involved in [...]

On the WADA Executive Committee meeting there were talks about: – Boosting the minimum doping bans from 2 years to maybe four and – Using only the A samples since the B samples seldom differ in results. A long discussion will follow and all related parties will be asked before the final decision reached.

IWF – DAGOC doping controls covered almost 50% of the weightlifting athletes who participated in Doha, Asian Games. The contracted WADA Accredited Laboratory reported 4 adverse analytical findings (positive cases) and the Olympic Council of Asia carried out the result management accordingly. All 4 athletes accepted the result of the A sample analysis and waived [...]

As a result of 7 hours of negotiations between IWF President, Dr. Tam�s Aj�n and new Iranian Federation President, Mr. Bahram Afsharzadeh, accompanied by Dr. A. Shahabi IWF MC Member the following was agreed on: Based on the detailed information including the current financial situation of the Iranian Federation the parties agreed in the following [...]

1. Executive Board reconfirmed its resolution from before Athens, i.e. that any athlete found positive in the 2004 Olympic Games would be banned from participation in Beijing 2008. Even if they can take part in the Qualification events, their results will not be counted in the qualification of the country. 2. Iranian Weightlifting Federation’s nine [...]

Four countries had 3 or more positives: Argentina, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia. The IWF has obliged the National Federations concerned to conducting a specific investigation into each and every case, detecting also which individuals ? coaches, doctors ? are also responsible and take the necessary sanctions against them. Besides that, permanent controls would be imposed on [...]

IWF/WADA COUNTINOUS THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING AND HAVE TESTED (IC/OOC) THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS: ALB ALG ARM BAN BLR BUL CUB CZE EGY ESP GBR GRE HUN IND KEN MDA PAK POL ROM RSA RUS SAM SVK TUN UKR VEN

Regrettably, four adverse analytical findings were reported on the occasion of doping controls carried out on the Indian national team members, this year. The Indian Weightlifting Federation has been suspended the duration of which will be decided by the IWF Executive Board at the end of May. The four competitors concerned are Ms.Bodari Prameelavalli, Ms.Pujari [...]