IWF: Ahmedabad to host senior Weightlifting World title in 2029

Ahmedabad will host the senior Weightlifting World Championships in 2029, the sport’s international federation announced on Sunday, after its executive board meeting in Ningbo, China. It will be the maiden senior Weightlifting World Championships to be held in India.  The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) took the decision to award two senior world championships — 2029 and 2030 — at its EB meeting.

Russian capital of Moscow was announced as host city of 2030 edition of senior world championships. The IWF EB also decided to award 2028 World Youth Championships to Prishtina in Kosovo and IWF World Junior Championships to Caracas in Venezuela.

“All the bids we received were excellent and we are sure that the Championships in your respective countries will be a huge success,” IWF General Secretary Jose Quinones said.  “It is also worth noting that three of these four countries will be organising an IWF world event for the first time - Kosovo, Venezuela and India. This demonstrates our Sport is growing worldwide and the staging of our competitions is highly desirable for many nations around the planet.”