PARA POWERLIFTING NEWS

Tbilisi 2025 World Cup: Jintcharadze and familiar names shine in season opener
Paralympic stars Abdelkareem Khattab, Omar Qarada and home hero Akaki Jintcharadze highlight the list of winners at the first World Para Powerlifting event of the year, as Jordan, Uzbekistan top medals table

Tbilisi 2025 World Cup: Preview, stars and where to watch
Paris 2024 champions Abdelkareem Khattab and Omar Qarada will be among 134 athletes from 25 nations competing in Georgia in the first World Cup of the 2025 World Para Powerlifting season

World Cup added to 2025 World Abilitysport Beach Games
Historic outdoor Para powerlifting event will be held in Mersin, Turkiye directly after October’s WPPO World Championships

World Para Powerlifting release new Rules and Regulations
Publication follows a membership consultation process over the course of two years and three months with the contribution of more than 80 per cent of National Paralympic Committees in the sport

WPPO and Eleiko extend Global Partnership
Long-standing partner Eleiko will continue supporting all WPPO Recognised Competitions as an Approved Supplier Tier 1, with exclusive equipment rights at all World Para Powerlifting Championships through the end of 2028

World Para Powerlifting and ZKC extend agreement until 2028
Chinese company is specialised in designing and manufacturing powerlifting and weightlifting equipment and has been a WPPO Approved Supplier Tier 2 since 2020

Ukrainian athlete Mariana Shevchuk banned four years for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance at the Tbilisi 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup

Nigeria's Kafilat Almaruf receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for the administration of an anabolic agent of exogenous origin in a sample provided out-of-competition

Athlete Sagynbek Makhamatkul Uulu banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Kyrgyzstani Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical findings for prohibited substances at the Sharm El Sheikh 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup

Portuguese athlete Simone Fragoso banned three years for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for metabolites of a Prohibited Substance at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

WPPO publishes Qualification Pathway to LA 2028
Document published by WPPO outlines the requirements athletes must complete in order to qualify for the Paralympic Games including a series of mandatory events in the cycle 2025-2028

Year in review: Bonnie Gustin leads 2024 world record bonanza
Ten world records fall in an unforgettable season, including four on the same day at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Uzbek athlete Farhod Umirzakov accepts nine-year ban for anti-doping rule violations
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance during an out of competition test and attempted to tamper with the doping control process

Iraqi athlete Thaer Al Ali receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for Prohibited Substances at the Dubai 2023 Para Powerlifting World Championships

Algerian athlete Nacera Merar receives three-year ban for ADRV
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance at the Dubai 2024 World Para Powerlifting World Cup

Indian athlete Sachin Chaudhary given eight-year ban for second ADRV
Para powerlifting athlete returned an an adverse analytical finding for multiple prohibited substances at the Tbilisi 2021 Para Powerlifting Senior World Championships; this is the powerlifter's second asserted ADRV