Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR) President Maxim Agapitov was not elected to the executive committee of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at the organization’s congress in Tirana.
Agapitov was not among the 10 people elected to the executive committee. Earlier, he withdrew his candidacy for the election of the organization’s president and also lost the vote for the position of one of the vice presidents and general secretary. The representative of Iraq Mohammed Hassan Jaloud Al-Shammari was chosen to head the IWF.
Agapitov won the right to be elected to the governing bodies of the IWF after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appealed the decision of the Special Committee on the admission of the International Weightlifting Federation (EDP IWF ) to prohibit the appointment. of Russian candidates.
Source : MatchTV
