<p>Manama (Bahrain): The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to reduce the number of weight categories in both the men's and women's sections from 10 to 8 from June next year following a proposal by its Innovation Commission.</p><p>The 55kg category in men's section will be scrapped and competitions will start from 60kg, with categories in the 70s, 80s and 90s also being altered.</p><p>The new proposed categories in the men's section are 60kg, 65kg, 71kg, 79kg, 88kg, 98kg, 110kg, +110kg as compared to 55kg, 61kg, 67kg, 73kg, 81kg, 89kg, 96kg, 102kg, 109kg, and +109kg earlier.</p>.2026 Youth Olympics: Big blow to India as shooting, weightlifting and hockey dropped.<p>In the women's section, the 45kg category will be discarded and a new 48kg category introduced along with 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, and +86kg as compared to 45kg, 49kg, 55kg, 59kg, 64kg, 71kg, 76kg, 81kg, 87kg, and +87kg.</p><p>The 49kg category, in which India's Mirabai Chanu had won a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has also been scrapped.</p><p>"Approval of the IWF Innovation Commission proposal to introduce new bodyweight categories, from June 2025. In the men's competition, they will be: 60kg, 65kg, 71kg, 79kg, 88kg, 98kg, 110kg, +110kg. Among women, the new categories are: 48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, +86kg," said the IWF Executive Board, which met here on December 2-3, in a statement.</p>.<p>It is not known what will be the Olympic and Non-Olympic weight classes in the men's and women's sections for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.</p><p>During the 2024 Paris Olympics, only five weight classes were chosen -- 61kg, 73kg, 89kg, 102kg and over 102kg in men and 49kg, 59kg, 71kg, 81kg and over81 kg in women.</p>
<p>Manama (Bahrain): The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to reduce the number of weight categories in both the men's and women's sections from 10 to 8 from June next year following a proposal by its Innovation Commission.</p><p>The 55kg category in men's section will be scrapped and competitions will start from 60kg, with categories in the 70s, 80s and 90s also being altered.</p><p>The new proposed categories in the men's section are 60kg, 65kg, 71kg, 79kg, 88kg, 98kg, 110kg, +110kg as compared to 55kg, 61kg, 67kg, 73kg, 81kg, 89kg, 96kg, 102kg, 109kg, and +109kg earlier.</p>.2026 Youth Olympics: Big blow to India as shooting, weightlifting and hockey dropped.<p>In the women's section, the 45kg category will be discarded and a new 48kg category introduced along with 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, and +86kg as compared to 45kg, 49kg, 55kg, 59kg, 64kg, 71kg, 76kg, 81kg, 87kg, and +87kg.</p><p>The 49kg category, in which India's Mirabai Chanu had won a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has also been scrapped.</p><p>"Approval of the IWF Innovation Commission proposal to introduce new bodyweight categories, from June 2025. In the men's competition, they will be: 60kg, 65kg, 71kg, 79kg, 88kg, 98kg, 110kg, +110kg. Among women, the new categories are: 48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 77kg, 86kg, +86kg," said the IWF Executive Board, which met here on December 2-3, in a statement.</p>.<p>It is not known what will be the Olympic and Non-Olympic weight classes in the men's and women's sections for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.</p><p>During the 2024 Paris Olympics, only five weight classes were chosen -- 61kg, 73kg, 89kg, 102kg and over 102kg in men and 49kg, 59kg, 71kg, 81kg and over81 kg in women.</p>