ArmInfo. Due to the disqualification of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), Armenian weightlifters will not be able to participate in the World Championship scheduled for the end of November in the American Anaheim.
On September 30, the International Weightlifting Federation
disqualified ten national federations for a year on doping charges:
Armenia, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey,
Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria.
Given that at least a few of these countries have powerful teams, the
World Cup in the United States in fact lost its meaning, as its
favorites are now athletes from the DPRK. Seven representatives of
this country, five women …read more
Source: Arminfo
