Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Leading candidates for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Presidency from the United States, China and Greece have endorsed a call to move the IWF’s elections to online-only.
Strong complaints about the "unfair" elections are made in a five-page submission from the national weightlifting federations of Samoa and Fiji, whose delegates cannot travel to the planned hybrid electoral Congress scheduled for March 26 and 27 in Istanbul.
They want the elections to be held virtually, with no delegates attending in person.
The IWF Interim President, Mike Irani, is among those candidates who will be affected by travel restrictions.
There are no flights to Turkey from Britain, Brazil, South Africa and Denmark.