{"id":33177,"date":"2026-10-26T03:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=33177"},"modified":"2026-10-26T03:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:12:00","slug":"ahmedabad-to-host-2029-world-weightlifting-championships-marking-indias-historic-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=33177","title":{"rendered":"Ahmedabad to Host 2029 World Weightlifting Championships, Marking India&#8217;s Historic Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Ahmedabad has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2029 World Weightlifting Championships, the first time India will stage the global event. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) confirmed Gujarat as host on Sunday after its Executive Board meeting in Ningbo, China. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>The board also named Moscow as host of the 2030 World Championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Prishtina, Kosovo, will stage the 2028 World Youth Championships, and Caracas, Venezuela, the 2028 World Junior Championships. Yerevan, Armenia, will host the 2027 World Championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>The award follows a busy period for the state. Gandhinagar hosted the Asian Weightlifting Championships earlier this year, and Ahmedabad is set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>The World Weightlifting Championships were first held in 1891.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>A women\u2019s competition was introduced in 1987, and the first combined men\u2019s and women\u2019s edition took place in 1991.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>The 2025 edition was held in Forde, Norway, and the next edition is scheduled for Ningbo, China, from October 27 to November 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Indian lifters have won 18 medals at the Worlds so far: three gold, 10 silver and five bronze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Kunjarani Devi was the first Indian to win a medal at the championships, taking silver in the women\u2019s 44kg category in Manchester in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Lalita Polley also won bronze at that edition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>Karnam Malleswari then won back-to-back world titles in the women\u2019s 54kg category in 1994 and 1995.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"text\" id=\"text-element\" config=\"[object Object]\">\n<p>More recently, Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu won the world title in the 48kg category in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/openthemagazine.com\/india\/ahmedabad-to-host-2029-world-weightlifting-championships-for-first-time-in-india\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmedabad has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2029 World Weightlifting Championships, the first time India will stage the global event. 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