Africa and Oceania lose out in Paris 2024 weightlifting qualifying system
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has put quality before quantity in its qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It has also devised a...
Eileen Cikamatana lead Australian weightlifting line-ups for Birmingham
Australia's Eileen Cikamatana and Hannah Powell of Wales headline the two countries' weightlifting squads as their teams have been announced for the Birmingham 2022...
Opeloge brothers seal top spot in regional tournament
Weightlifter Don Opeloge has taken top spot in the 2022 Oceania Online Cup to become the best male lifter in the region with his...
Samoa’s weightlifting ‘dream team’ ready for Birmingham
Samoa's weightlifting team is ready to compete in the Commonwealth Games later this year in Birmingham, United Kingdom with their coach confident of their...
Australia’s wait for world champion goes on as favourite Cikamatana bombs out
Fijian born Eileen Cikamatana's attempt to become Australia’s first female world champion in weightlifting failed when she bombed out of the women’s 81 kilograms...
Landmark for weightlifting as Oceania athletes compete in virtual Championships
Weightlifters from Oceania have won titles and set records at their senior Championships, despite the fact that the competition was organised online.
It is the...
Australia keen to extend PacificAusSports partnership beyond its current funding cycle: Minister Seselja
Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Zed Seselja says the PacificAusSports Olympic and Paralympic partnership was set up to provide elite level...
“Dreams destroyed” – what Olympic exile would mean for weightlifting and its athletes
The catastrophic cost of weightlifting losing its Olympic status is laid out in a letter to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and all its...
World’s best female weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics inspire Nancy Abouke of Nauru
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
At only 18 years of age, Nancy Abouke of Nauru is now ranked 10th in the women’s 76kg...
World’s best female weightlifters at the Tokyo Olympics inspire Nancy Abouke of Nauru
By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Tokyo
At only 18 years of age, Nancy Abouke of Nauru is now ranked 10th in the women’s 76kg...
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