PARA POWERLIFTING NEWS

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

Best Para powerlifting moments of Paris 2024
Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark makes stunning debut to take gold, breaking world record twice on the way

Paris 2024 review: Cui Zhe turns silver streak into gold as China dominate
In five days of Para powerlifting at La Chapelle Arena, China top the medal table, finishing first in six of the 20 events followed by Iran in second and Egypt in third; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes the only Para powerlifter with seven Paralympic medals one at every Games since her debut at Sydney 2000

Paris 2024: Medeiros snatches gold in dramatic final, record show from Oluwafemiayo
Brazilian Tayana Medeiros snatches women's up to 86kg gold from China Zheng Feifei in last seconds with a Games record; Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo clinches women's over 86kg gold with world record show, while Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Ahmad Aminzadeh win men's up to 107 and over 107kg finals on the final day at La Chapelle Arena

The world records that tumbled in Paris
More than 40 world records tumbled in Para athletics alone at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal moments on Day 11
Para powerlifter Oluwafemiayo breaks world record not once, but twice, to win women's over 86kg gold