
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that Moscow will host the 2030 world championships, making the discipline the first to schedule a championship event in Russia since the conflict in Ukraine began in 2022.
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Since 2022, following the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has not hosted any world championships in Olympic disciplines. Previous events, such as the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, had been rescheduled.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that it will stage its World Championships in Moscow in 2030, becoming the first Olympic discipline to schedule its World Championships in Russia since 2022, the year the war in Ukraine began.
“The 2029 world championships will be held in Ahmedabad (India), while Moscow (Russia) will host the 2030 edition,” the IWF said in a statement.
Since 2022, no world championships relating to Olympic disciplines, neither summer nor winter, have been organized in Russia. The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, initially awarded to the Russian city of Kazan, were later reassigned to Singapore.

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