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Four Indian lifts test positive domestically.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sp ... 034388.ece

If the Enhanced Games does have some sort of lasting legacy, it might actually be in how it has ignited dialogue regarding prize money and payments to athletes. IOC President Kirsty Coventry responded to a question about paying athletes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl7kA3RjTCI She clarified the q...

strapping wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2026 10:16 pm https://iwf.sport/2026/05/21/media-statement/

Moving back to the IOC?

Is it really a CEO position when there is an Executive Board? It seems unclear what his role has been, and if its actually a COO position.

If anyone was interested in footage of African Championships, there were live streams now saved on the Egyptian WL Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id ... ive_videos

I have to give my guy a shout out. Coach Julius and delos Santos with a new WR.

Well done team.

strapping wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 2:38 am
I would rather see excessively low standards that result in "undeserving" world records than unbroken records.

This

strapping wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2026 10:46 am 185/225 at 41 is not too different to 182.5+232.5 at 40 (Taranenko, Euros 1996) in the dad/uncle lifting category.

Main difference there is that those weren't career PB's for Tarenenko.

Jeison Lopez jerked 216 at 88kg for a new WR. Paired it with a 181 snatch.

Klokov's interview with him a few years ago was great. Here is his post from today.

Femily-Christie Notte from Nauru just went 101/123 as a Youth 63kg in Samoa. Those are Youth World Records.