Moscow to Host 2030 International Weightlifting Championships Following Lifting of Olympic Suspensions
The federation said the event will also serve as a qualifier for the 2032 Olympic Games.
- On Sunday, the International Weightlifting Federation announced Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, the first time an Olympic federation has chosen to stage a global event in Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Since the start of the war, no world championships in an Olympic sport have been held in Russia, with the 2025 World Aquatics Championships moved from Kazan to Singapore following the invasion.
- Federation president Aleksandr Vinokurov thanked the IWF for its trust, with the 2030 championships serving as a qualifying event for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, Australia.
- The IWF also awarded the 2029 senior event to Ahmedabad, India, as IWF general secretary Jose Quinones praised the bids as 'excellent' during the announcement.
- While the International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted the Russian Olympic Committee's suspension in July, it maintains it will 'not organise IOC events in Russia or invite Russian government or state officials to its events.
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For the first time since 2022, Russia was allowed to hold the World Championship in Olympic sports <p>IWF granted Moscow the right to hold the World Weightlifting Championships in 2030. This is the first such permission from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.</p>
The International Weightlifting Federation has chosen Moscow as the venue for the 2030 World Championships. The federation allowed Russian athletes back into its events four months ago.
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The Independent (US)Russia to host first sporting World Championships since invasion of Ukraine
Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, marking the first time Russia will host any world championships in an Olympic sport since it invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Joen Vikingsson Sjöblom, 23, dreams of the Olympics. To get there, he may have to go to Russia – which has been awarded the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships. – Unfortunately, that's a price you have to pay, the weightlifter tells SVT Sport.
Weightlifting is letting Russia into the heat in earnest – as the first Olympic sport. The 2030 World Championships will be held in Moscow. – I am shocked, says Helene Johage, chairwoman of the Swedish Weightlifting Association to TT.
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