China plans a World Championships "weightlifting carnival" – and partners up with TikTok By Brian Oliver The first competition in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is set to be a landmark occasion for weightlifting, like no other in its history. The 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, due to take place in Chongqing in China in October or November, will be "a carnival for the international weightlifting family".That is the aim of Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) President Zhou Jinqiang, who is in the running to be the next president of the IWF."We really have some big ideas,"...