The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally announced sanctions for nine (9) weightlifters from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including medal winners. These are not the only weightlifters with doping cases still outstanding from the
Instagram user Shin Yong Jin regularly posts training footage and competition archives from some of Asia’s best weightlifters and weightlifting federations; his feed is equal parts hanging out with elite lifters and snapping
In an October 27th announcement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced official sanctions for eight athletes implicated in doping retests following the 2012 London Olympics. Six of the named athletes are weightlifters, and
Russian weightlifter and 2012 London Olympic Silver Medalist Apti Aukhadov has been ordered to return his medal, according to Inside the Games. Aukhadov competed in weightlifting in the men’s 85kg category, winning silver at
The International Weightlifting Federation has released on official Public Disclosure regarding positive doping tests at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. While we had heard reports from various news sources regarding the athletes named, this is
Beginning early this summer, numerous weightlifters from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games were provisionally suspended following doping retests from those competitions. With numerous waves of sample retests and announcements by both the International
Earlier this week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released their annual Prohibited List of banned substances and methods for drug-tested sports. The full list can be found here. A summary of the list’s purpose
In a public disclosure released on the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) website, it was announced that Norik Vardanian, a 94kg lifter who has competed internationally for both the United States and Armenia, has
Inside the Games is reporting that Sergey Syrtsov has resigned as head of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) after numerous positive doping tests came to light this summer and a subsequent ban kept all Russian
In an email sent to the membership of USA Powerlifting earlier this week, USAPL President Dr. L.J. Maile announced that the organization had received notification of a third drug test failure this year. While it
