Ahmedabad to host World Weightlifting Championships in 2029

Ahmedabad will host the senior World Weightlifting Championships in 2029, the International Weightlifting Federation announced on 25 October 2026. The decision came after the IWF executive board meeting in Ningbo, China. It will be the maiden senior World Weightlifting Championships to be held in India.

Other championships awarded

The IWF awarded two senior world championships at the meeting. The Russian capital of Moscow was announced as the host city of the 2030 edition of the senior world championships. The IWF executive board also decided to award the 2028 World Youth Championships to Prishtina in Kosovo and the IWF World Junior Championships to Caracas in Venezuela.

IWF statement

IWF General Secretary José Quiñones said at the end of the executive board vote that all the bids received were excellent and that the federation was sure the championships in the respective countries would be a huge success. Quiñones said it was worth noting that three of the four countries awarded events — Kosovo, Venezuela and India — would be organising an IWF world event for the first time. He said this demonstrates the sport is growing worldwide and the staging of IWF competitions is highly desirable for many nations around the planet.

Calendar consolidation

The IWF said it undertook the important step of awarding four world championships together to consolidate its international calendar in the years to come.

About the competition

The World Weightlifting Championships is an international weightlifting competition currently held annually by the International Weightlifting Federation. The predecessor organisation of the IWF was founded in 1905, but World Championship events began before its foundation. The first recognised World Championship event was held in 1891 and was won by Edward Lawrence Levy of England.

What happens next

Ahmedabad will host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. It will also be the host city if India gets the right to stage the 2036 Olympics, for which the country is in the running. The 2026 World Weightlifting Championships is set to be held in Ningbo, China, from 27 October to 8 November 2026.

IWF world event hosts awarded at the Ningbo executive board meeting

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