Tag: International Weightlifting Federation
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● The fire under the International Weightlifting Federation is getting hotter.
The...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack trial postponed after son’s testimony shows up from Senegal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
The new year has barely begun and the headlines are all about doping,...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Chile proposes cheap Pan Am Games … at $507 million; the...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● XIX Pan American Games 2023 ● The organizing committee of the 2023...
THE BIG PICTURE: German documentary drops a bomb on weightlifting, alleging doping and financial...
The folks who brought you the Russian doping scandal in December of 2014 are back at it again.
The ARD network of regional public-service broadcasters...
TSX INTEL REPORT: Nike’s critics look to the past, but Mary Cain is about...
≡ TSX INTELLIGENCE REPORT ~ 14 November 2019 ≡
● LANE ONE ● Nike’s critics look to the past, but Mary Cain asks about Nike’s T&F future
Mary Cain’s...
LANE ONE: World Anti-Doping Agency report shows progress, but SafeSport needs more help right...
On Tuesday (17), the World Anti-Doping Agency released its 2018 Annual Report that showed continued, steady progress in its activities against doping and considerably...
TSX DAILY: Winchester claims first U.S. gold at wrestling Worlds; Int’l Judo Fed suspends...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 19 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | WRESTLING: American Jacarra Winchester wins wrestling world title; more coming
The United World Wrestling World Championships...
TSX DAILY: New ESPN promo urges kids to keep playing, but are they really...
= TSX DAILY ~ 19 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: U.S. survey says most kids quit sports by age 11, but is there really...
THE BIG PICTURE: Seven more Russian weightlifters suspended for suspected doping by IWF
The International Weightlifting Federation announced its second batch of provisional suspensions this week of Russian weightlifters who competed between 2006 and 2017, for violations...
TSX DAILY: If you’re looking for sponsorship, the only thing worse than track really...
= TSX DAILY ~ 14 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: If you’re a track & field athlete and looking for sponsorship, there isn’t...
THE BIG PICTURE: Five Russian weightlifters charged with doping violations
The treasure trove of laboratory data and doping specimens retrieved from the Moscow Laboratory by the World Anti-Doping Agency earlier this year appears to...
LANE ONE: Weightlifting confirmed for Paris 2024 by the IOC Executive Board
The International Weightlifting Federation was the big winner on the first day of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board in Lausanne (SUI) on Tuesday,...
LANE ONE: Crucial IOC Executive Board meeting this week in Switzerland could impact multiple...
We’re going to have some interesting days starting on Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meets in Lausanne (SUI). A series of...
LANE ONE: Which Olympic sports are going to die?
There was a collective eyebrow-raising in the world of Olympic sports when the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) released its “Future of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Thailand to skip Olympic weightlifting to atone for eight Worlds positives
Weightlifting has become a favored sport in Thailand, especially after the 2016 Olympic Games, in which Thais won four medals, including golds in the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Bad news for weightlifting after six Thai positives
The International Weightlifting Federation has turned itself inside out trying to eliminate the scourge of doping, but it has been difficult.
Despite a massive education...
LANE ONE: WADA lets Russia skate for now, but there is a new line...
There wasn’t much surprise from the conference-call meeting of the World Ani-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee on Tuesday (22nd) as it confirmed the continuation of...
SPEED READ: Headlines from The Sports Examiner for Friday, 11 January 2019
Welcome to The Sports Examiner SPEED READ, a 100 mph (44.7 m/s) review of what happened over the last 96 hours in Olympic sport:
LANE...
LANE ONE: Ready for chaos? This might be the year for it in Olympic...
If you thought 2018 was a rough year for the Olympic Movement, in board rooms, courtrooms and the halls of the U.S. Congress, get...
WEIGHTLIFTING: 13 doping positives is not good news
For a sport which is under threat of removal from the 2024 Olympic program by the International Olympic Committee, the weekend brought bad news....
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