Russian weightlifter stripped of Athens 2004 bronze medal after retest
By Duncan Mackay at the Palace Hotel in Lausanne
February 12 - Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov, who won a medal bronze at the Athens Olympics in 2004, has been disqualified for doping after tests of his stored sample found a prohibited substance, it was announced here today.
February 12 - Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov, who won a medal bronze at the Athens Olympics in 2004, has been disqualified for doping after tests of his stored sample found a prohibited substance, it was announced here today.
February 9 - The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has called on candidates to put themselves forward for election to the Executive Board and Committees.
February 5 - Italy's Maurizio Lo Buono (pictured centre) has been re-elected to a second four-year term as President of the Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation after standing unopposed for the position.
January 10 - Following the recent allegations regarding Brazilian Weightlifting's plans to hire convicted international drug trafficker Galabin Boevski of Bulgaria as their coach, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have denied to support such a move.
January 8 - Sydney 2000 weightlifting gold medallist Galabin Boevski, given an eight year doping ban in 2004 and who is currently serving a nine year prison sentence for international drug trafficking, could be the new Brazilian weightlifting coach ahead of Rio 2016, it has emerged.
September 1 - USA Weightlifting (USAW) has appointed Michael Massik as its new chief executive despite the fact he left a similar role at USA Fencing four years under something of a cloud.
July 18 - Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has been named to carry the Philippines flag at the London 2012 Olympic Games – because she is the only member of the team "robust" enough to hold it throughout the Opening Ceremony.
July 16 - Lithuanian weightlifter Aurimas Didžbalis has become the sport's latest athlete to fail a doping test ahead of the London 2012 Olympics with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) revealing that there have already been 22 positive cases in 2012.
June 11 - Eighteen-year-old Zoe Smith is the youngest member of a five-strong Team GB weightlifting squad named today for London 2012.
January 1 - Turkey's weightlifting federation has announced that Nurcan Taylan has failed a drug's test and will likely miss the London 2012 Olympic Games.
December 11 - The weightlifting test event at the ExCeL Arena has been hailed as a big success by the London 2012 Head of Sport Competition David Luckes following the two day competition.
September 12 - The United States Olympic team trials for weightlifting as well as the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships will be held as part of the Arnold Sports Festival which will take place from March 2 until 4 next year in Columbus, Ohio, it has been announced.
July 8 - Walter Holland, the former top weightlifting official who devoted decades of his life to helping run the sport across the world as well as in Britain, has died in Oxford, at the age of 93.
May 13 - Teenage weightlifting star Zoe Smith has claimed a silver medal at the World Youth Championships in Lima in Peru.
April 22 - Sarah Robles broke an American Collegiate Record at the National Weightlifting Championships on her debut at the event.
