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BT Sport have announced the nominees for the eighth annual BT Sport Action Woman of the Year Award and we are delighted that Emily Campbell has been included.

National Safeguarding Adults Week 2021 takes place between 15 – 21 November. It’s an opportunity for clubs and sports organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issue, facilitate conversations and to raise awareness of safeguarding best practices.

We are delighted to announce our four-year strategic vision, Stronger Together, for the sport of weightlifting and para powerlifting.Over the next four years our mission is to educate, inspire and create greater opportunities that appeal to a more diverse and inclusive audience resulting in greater levels of activity and a fitter, healthier and stronger nation.

The British Weight Lifting Annual Achievement Awards aim to recognise the outstanding contributions and efforts from the Olympic weightlifting and para powerlifting community.

After a medal winning international career, Great Britain Para Powerlifter Adam Alderman has announced his decision to retire from the sport after 20 years of involvement. British Weight Lifting would like to thank Adam for his years of service and the positive role he has played in our community.

Parents in Sport Week 2020 takes place 4 - 10 October 2021. Run by the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU), Parents in Sport Week aims to highlight the important role parents play in youth sport.

Great Britain & England International Emily Muskett has today announced her decision to retire following the 2020 Olympic Games.Emily produced a sensational display in Tokyo to top the Women’s 76kg category B group and secure a superb seventh place finish overall, a remarkable achievement given the limited time to prepare after only learning of qualification weeks before the event was due to get underway.The result caps off a sensational career that has seen Emily win gold at the European Championships, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Championships, Arafura Games, Australian Open and clinch clean & jerk bronze at the World Championships in recent years.We would like to wish Emily all the best for the future and thank her for all her years of service to the sport.

It is disappointing for us to inform friends, family members, and supporters of recent news that the Para Powerlifting competitions taking place in Tokyo at this summer's Paralympic Games will not be broadcast live on television or online.

British Weight Lifting is saddened to learn that three-times Commonwealth Games medallist George Manners has passed away at the age of 83.George was a well-respected and much-loved member of the UK weightlifting community being involved in all aspects of the sport spending over 60 years as an athlete, coach, and technical official.We would like to send our deepest condolences to George’s family and friends during this difficult time

As we countdown the days until European Gold Medallist Emily Campbell takes to the platform at the Olympic Games here is an interview with the Team GB athlete from just before she flew out to Tokyo where she shares insight into her training, her amazing rise through the ranks, and her approach to the Games.