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Paris Olympics - Ex-Weightlifting Chiefs Banned For Life Over Doping Cover-Up - sports.ndtv.com - Romania - Hungary

Ex-Weightlifting Chiefs Banned For Life Over Doping Cover-Up

Former International Weightlifting Federation chiefs Tamas Ajan and Nicu Vlad were banned for life on Thursday for their role in a doping cover-up. Ajan, an 83-year-old Hungarian, was president of the body for 20 years before being forced to resign in April 2020. Romanian Vlad, 58, a former Olympic weightlifting champion, was a vice-president. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it received requests for arbitration of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) against Ajan and Vlad in December 2021 "in relation to their alleged involvement in tampering with the doping control process and complicity in anti-doping rule violations involving multiple weightlifting athletes over a period of many years since 2012".

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Paris Olympics - Ex-Weightlifting Chiefs Banned For Life Over Doping Cover-Up - sports.ndtv.com - Romania - Hungary

Ex-Weightlifting Chiefs Banned For Life Over Doping Cover-Up

Former International Weightlifting Federation chiefs Tamas Ajan and Nicu Vlad were banned for life on Thursday for their role in a doping cover-up. Ajan, an 83-year-old Hungarian, was president of the body for 20 years before being forced to resign in April 2020. Romanian Vlad, 58, a former Olympic weightlifting champion, was a vice-president. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it received requests for arbitration of anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) against Ajan and Vlad in December 2021 "in relation to their alleged involvement in tampering with the doping control process and complicity in anti-doping rule violations involving multiple weightlifting athletes over a period of many years since 2012".

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Former weightlifting president banned for life over doping cover-ups - cbc.ca - Germany - Romania - Hungary - Los Angeles

Former weightlifting president banned for life over doping cover-ups

The former Olympic official who ran the sport of weightlifting for more than 40 years was banned for life on Thursday for covering up doping cases.

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New national record eludes Mirabai Chanu despite gold at Khelo India Women Weightlifting League event - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Usa - Tokyo - India

New national record eludes Mirabai Chanu despite gold at Khelo India Women Weightlifting League event

The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist lifted a total of 191kg (86kg+105kg) to stand atop the podium in the ranking event for women in the senior, junior and youth categories. Gyaneshwari Yadav 170kg (78kg+92) and former 45kg Asian Weightlifting Championship gold medallist Jhilli Dalabehra 166kg (75kg+91kg) finished second and third respectively. After starting off with a successful 86kg lift, the 27-year-old Chanu failed to hoist 89kg in her second and third snatch attempts.

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Doping-Former international weightlifting heads banned for life over ITA charges - channelnewsasia.com - Germany - Romania - Hungary - Tokyo

Doping-Former international weightlifting heads banned for life over ITA charges

Tamas Ajan, the former head of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), and Nicu Vlad, the IWF's former vice-president have been banned from the sport for life for covering up doping offences, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Thursday.

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Weightlifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi Becomes Youth World Champion - sports.ndtv.com - Mexico - India - Kazakhstan - Saudi Arabia - county Leon - Venezuela

Weightlifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi Becomes Youth World Champion

Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India's first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 230kg (104kg 126kg) in the boy's 55kg event late on Sunday night. While Sanapathi, the 2020 Asian Youth Weightlifitng Championships bronze medallist, stood on top of the podium, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ali Majeed 229kg (105kg 124kg) came in second and Yerassyl Umrov of Kazakhstan 224kg (100kg 124kg) third.

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Weightlifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi becomes Youth World Champion - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Mexico - India - Kazakhstan - Saudi Arabia - county Leon - Venezuela

Weightlifter Gurunaidu Sanapathi becomes Youth World Champion

Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India's first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 230kg (104kg+126kg) in the boy's 55kg event late on Sunday night. While Sanapathi, the 2020 Asian Youth Weightlifitng Championships bronze medallist, stood on top of the podium, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ali Majeed 229kg (105kg+124kg) came in second and Yerassyl Umrov of Kazakhstan 224kg (100kg+124kg) third. Besides Sanapathi, compatriot Soumya S. Dalvi bagged the bronze in her event on the second day of competitions. Maharashtra's Dalvi, a two-time Khelo India Youth gold medallist, heaved 148kg (65kg+83kg) to claim the third spot in the 45kg girl's event behind Rose J Ramos of Philipines 155kg (70kg+85kg) and Venezuela Kerlys M. Montilla 153kg (71kg+82kg).

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Two silver for Indian lifters in Youth World Weightlifting Championships - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Mexico - India - county Leon

Two silver for Indian lifters in Youth World Weightlifting Championships

Akansha Kishor Vyavhare won the silver medal in the 40kg category while Vijay Prajapati finished second in 49kg in the 2022 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships for men and women in Leon, Mexico. The two silver medals were won on Saturday, the opening day of the event.

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