Yousef Al Mana will lead the Asian Weightlifting Federation through to
the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after retaining his role as President in
Doha today.
The most important weightlifting elections of 2023 will feature the
two men who were involved in the controversial head-to-head contest to
become President of sport's governing body last June.
Thursday, 18 February 2021
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has done a U-turn on its anti-doping rules after criticism from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
It has also accepted independent advice about the vetting of candidates for next month’s elections, which will be carried out by a panel comprising experts with no links to anybody at the IWF.
Less than four weeks ago Mike Irani, the IWF’s Interim President, said the controversial new anti-doping rules - which effectively made multiple violations less of a problem for offending nations - were a stronger, fairer and more enforceable set of rules than at any point in the IWF’s history .