Eleven candidates have been cleared to stand for the Presidency of the
International Weightlifting Federation, which will hold arguably the
most important elections in its history next month.
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The 17-year-old weightlifter Yekta Jamali "disappeared" while her Iran
team-mate was breaking a world record and is believed to be planning a
new life in another country.
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One of the most famous weightlifting contests in the sport’s Olympic
history was ruled to have been a sham today when the "champion" from
Kazakhstan was disqualified.