Mehalhel retains control of Weightlifting Federation of Africa Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Khaled Mehalhel has been re-elected for a third term as President of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa (WFA).
The Libyan, a clear favourite, won the vote at the Congress that preceded the African Championships in Kenyan capital Nairobi, which were due to begin today.
Manareddin Eshelli, Mehalhel’s fellow Libyan, will continue as secretary general, and the new first vice-president is Kevin du Plooy of South Africa, who replaces Salim Musoke of Uganda.
On being appointed, Mehalhel told the media in Nairobi that the sport needed to clean up. I would like to call on the athletes to change their mentality and abhor doping, to have a mind shift and not engage in use of banned substances,’ Mehalhel said.
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
The African Weightlifting Championships have been postponed again less than three weeks before they were due to start, adding further confusion to the qualifying programme for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Madagascar will still be the host nation but the Championships will now take place during May - probably in the week between 15 to 22 - rather than April 2 to 7 as planned.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is faced with a further challenge as it attempts to adapt the qualifying system to make it fair for all athletes.
Most weightlifters around the world, of whom about 900 feature in the Olympic rankings, will be able to add crucial qualifying points at their Continental Championships, but some cannot compete.
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