Sentence examples for weightlifting federation from inspiring English sources

The Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation then fell foul of the rule and was banned from Rio, with its appeal being rejected at Cas.

The IOC did not identify the athletes or the countries, but Russia is most likely one of them, as the nation's weightlifting federation also announced this week that four athletes had been banned for doping violations.

"David's success has had a very positive impact for the local weightlifting federation," says Collins. "Just last month he came home to help out in a youth selection program, and participation doubled with kids trying out for a chance to train at the same institute as David".

On Tuesday, Taiwanese gold medal contender Lin Tzu-Chi was withdrawn from competition hours before her event for what her team called abnormalities in a drug test, and the Polish weightlifting federation's head has resigned after what he said were two more failed tests, one of a lifter who was due to compete in Rio.

The country's weightlifting federation turned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday, asking that the ban be stayed and ultimately annulled.

It also called for more testing, the storage of more samples and an independent investigation into the national weightlifting federations of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.

It is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 United Nations member states and is a full member of six Olympic sports federations: table tennis, archery, judo, sailing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon.

While a handful of federations have taken a robust stance, including athletics, rowing and weightlifting, many others have waved through virtually all of the Russian athletes who have qualified.

Amid a farcical process, most federations waved the majority of their competitors through with only athletics, rowing, weightlifting and canoeing taking a stronger stance.

Despite revelations of state-sponsored doping and calls for a ban on all Russian competitors, reports Owen Gibson: Amid a farcical process, most federations waved the majority of their competitors through with only athletics, rowing, weightlifting and canoeing taking a stronger stance.

Tennis, weightlifting.