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Olympics: The draw of gold brings tainted lifters back to Olympic battle
Eight weightlifters who previously served doping bans have won medals at Rio, while others have been sent home for failed tests.
15 August 2016
Olympics: German weightlifting coach wants seven nations banned
Germany's weightlifting coach has called for seven countries, including Kazakhstan, to be banned from international competition/
11 August 2016
Olympics: Weightlifting's doping crackdown for Rio
Overshadowed by the Russian Olympic doping scandal, the sport of weightlifting has been waging its own battle against drug cheats.
02 August 2016
Kazakhstan weightlifting team facing Rio ban over doping
Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are to be suspended for one year by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
23 June 2016
Kazakh champion Ilyin among 10 new doping failures
Kazakhstan's double Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin and three other gold medalists banned for failing dope tests at the 2012 London Olympics
16 June 2016
Ilya Ilyin wins gold at IV Weightlifting Spartakiad of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s weightlifter and four-time world champion Ilya Ilyin has won gold at the IV Weightlifting Spartakiad of Kazakhstan.
13 October 2015
Kazakhstan's Ilya Iliyn sets world record lifting 250kg in clean and jerk
Ilya Iliyn, Kazakhstan's most celebrated weightlifter, has authored another World Record.
25 August 2015
Ilya Ilyin to be awarded Jeno Boskovic Trophy as best weightlifter of 2014
Kazakhstani Ilya Ilyin, recognized as the best weightlifter of 2014, will receive the Jeno Boskovic Trophy at the special ceremony in Astana
16 April 2015
17-year-old Kazakh weightlifter becomes world champion
Kazakhstan’s weightlifter Tatyana Kapustina won gold in +69 kg at the IWF World Youth Championship in Peru.
15 April 2015
Ilya Iliyn's coach heads men's weightlifting team
The coach of the two times Olympic Champion Ilya Iliyn and Yerzhan Boltayev has been appointed the head coach of the Kazakhstan’s weightlifting team.
19 February 2015
Ilya Ilyin scores 'Selfie of the Year' with Nazarbayev
Four times World Champion and two times Olympics champion in weightlifting Ilya Ilyin has taken a selfie with President Nazarbayev.
19 December 2014
Doping scandal at World Weightlifting Championship in Astana: 8 weightlifters await B sample analysis
A doping scandal has erupted after The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 8-16.
14 December 2014
Zhapparkul and Goricheva bring bronze and silver
Weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul brought Kazakhstan a bronze medal in snatch at the IWF World Championships in Almaty.
19 November 2014
Kazakh athlete finishes sixth at World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty
Kazakh weightlifter Karina Goricheva ended up in the sixth place at the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.
18 November 2014
Zhapparkul wins silver for Kazakhstan at World Weightlifting Championship
Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul has won a silver medal in the women’s -69 kg weight category at the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.
18 November 2014
Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin becomes four-time World Champion
Kazakh weightlifter and two-time Olympic Champion Ilya Ilyin has won a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship, thus becoming a four-time World Champion.
17 November 2014
Kazakh athletes win gold and silver at World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty
Kazakhstan’s weightlifters Zhassulan Kydyrbayev and Vladimir Sedov has clinched two medals at the World Weightlifting Championship.
17 November 2014
Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo wins gold and sets new record at World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty
Kazakhstan's Olympic champion of 2012 London Games has hauled a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship that is taking place in Almaty.
12 November 2014
Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova misses World Weightlifting Championship
Two-times World Champion and London 2012 Olympic Champion Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan is unable to take part in the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.
12 November 2014
Eight reigning Olympic champions to take part in World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty
Eight reigning Olympic champions will take part in the World Weightlifting Championship that is taking place in Almaty on November 8-16, 2014.
08 November 2014