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International Weightlifting Federation Suspends The Participation of Russian & Belarusian Athletes

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) joins the outcry over Russia’s military action in Ukraine, bans Russian and Belarusian athletes
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Written by Rajneesh

Updated by Ash, ACE, MSc

Last Updated onMarch 4, 2022

IWF Suspends Russia Belarus

IWF Suspends Russia Belarus

The sport of weightlifting joined the international outcry over Russia’s military action in Ukraine. The Russian Federation launched a military action in Ukraine on February 24th, 2022 over geopolitical disputes with the help of Belarus. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) issued a press release on March 3rd to clarify their stand on the situation. In the press release, IWF declared their intent to penalize both Russia and Belarus for military action.

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) statement issued on February 28th has already recommended that no International sports federation should permit the attendance of Russian athletes. In accordance with this, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in their press release declared that they have:

“… taken the decision to suspend the participation of all athletes, team officials and technical officials from Russia and Belarus from any international or continental weightlifting event until further notice.”

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In addition to this, IWF also declared that no sanctioned weightlifting competitions will be held in either Russia or Belarus until further notice. However, the IWF is keen on assisting Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation (UWF) in rebuilding their facilities. IWF said that it will take decisive action to assist the UWF by providing financial and training support and work with the UWF to rebuild any facilities impacted.

Russian and Belarusian athletes stand to lose the most amid the tense situation

The military action against Ukraine is considered to be the largest military action in Europe since the World War 2. Many in the sports world have vocally opposed Russia’s move. Ukraine’s Dmytro Chumak, the three-time European champion and 2008 Olympics silver medalist Dmitry Klokov who hails from Russia are some of the prominent voices that have spoken against the war.

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With the International Weightlifting Federation’s ban in effect, several high-profile Russian and Belarusian athletes will be impacted. The list of such athletes includes:

  • Eduard Ziaziulin (+109KG, BLR) — 2021 World Championships bronze medalist in the snatch.
  • Darya Naumava (76KG, BLR) — 2020 Tokyo Olympics, fifth place.
  • Yauheni Tsikhantsou (96/102KG, BLR)— 2019 World Championships gold medalist in the total, 2020 Tokyo Olympian.
  • Zulfat Garaev (67KG, RUS) — 2021 World Championships gold medalist in the snatch. 
  • Artem Okulov(89KG, RUS) — 2021 World Championships gold medalist in the clean & jerk, 2015 World Champion. 
  • Iana Sotieva (76KG, RUS) — 2021 World Championships bronze medalist in the total. 
  • Daria Akhmerova (87KG, RUS) — 2021 World Championships bronze medalist in the clean & jerk. 

However, the International Weightlifting Federation’s press release also mentioned that they are closely monitoring the evolution of the situation. They may modify or eventually lift the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Published: 4 March, 2022 | 2:08 PM EDT

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