Starting today, the new IWF bodyweight categories are officially in use.
The updated Senior, Junior and Youth categories, together with the LA28 Olympic categories, now come into effect.
The new categories were proposed by the IWF Technical Committee, and were provisionally approved by the IWF Executive Board in its meeting in Forde (NOR), with the occasion of the 2025 IWF World Championships.
In accordance with the new categories, Tryggve Duun and Mike Hoffler prepared, and the EWF TC proposed, new standards for European records, which were approved by the EWF EB at its most recent meeting held on 30 July 2026.