Moscow To Host 2030 World Weightlifting Championships Despite Ukraine Invasion

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced Sunday that Moscow will stage the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, making it the first Olympic sports federation to award a global event to Russia since the country’s invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
The decision comes four months after the IWF confirmed that Russian athletes would again be allowed to compete in its events. In July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee, which had been imposed after the invasion. That move potentially cleared the way for Russian athletes to compete for their country at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
The I...