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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.
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IWF Executive Board Meets, Makes Key Anti-Doping And Governance Decisions 02/18/21
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board (EB) today agreed key decisions to restore stronger Anti-Doping Rules and ensure eligibility checks of the candidates for the forthcoming IWF elections are carried out to a high standard.
“Today’s decisions reflect a clear determination to safeguard the progress made by the IWF in recent years to protect clean weightlifters and promote clean weightlifting,” said IWF Interim President Dr Michael Irani. “For the first time ever, the IWF is also carrying out comprehensive eligibility verification of candidates for our elections against clearly-defined criteria.”