A Thai weightlifter takes part in a training session in Chiang Mai. (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA)
LONDON: The troubled International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has appointed its third interim president in as many days, with Britain’s Michael Irani taking over from Thailand’s Intarat Yodbangtoey.
Maj Gen Intarat, former president of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (Tawa), had replaced American Ursula Papandrea in the role after an executive board vote at an emergency meeting on Tuesday.
The Budapest-based IWF, whose future as an Olympic sport is at risk, said Irani, chair of the federation’s medical committee and a former chair of its anti-doping commission, was…
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