Karlos Nasar, the 18-year-old weightlifting world champion from
Bulgaria, will begin his quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic
Games under the cloud of criminal charges that could lead to a prison
sentence.
Ali Moradi is out of the running for the International Weightlifting
Federation Presidential election after being deposed from his own
National Federation by a court ruling.
Ali Moradi is out of the running for the International Weightlifting
Federation Presidential election after being deposed from his own
National Federation by a court ruling.
IWF election candidate Moradi removed as head of Iran Weightlifting Federation insidethegames.biz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidethegames.biz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Friday, 14 May 2021
The remarkable strength in depth of Chinese weightlifting was evident at the women’s National Championships - and for the first time in many months the athletes were watched by a live audience.
While China’s national team lifters were locked away in quarantine after their travels to Uzbekistan last month for the Asian Championships - a controversially unnecessary and costly journey - young talents who have never competed at senior international level were in world record form in Jiangshan.
Conversely, at the same time in Cali, Colombia there was a sad farewell for world record holder and Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi of Iran.