Weightlifting faces ‘extinction’—BWF president

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Botswana Weightlifting Federation (BWF) president, Brigadier Joseph Mathambo, has said the sporting code faces 'extinction' due to financial challenges.

Weightlifting is one of the few codes that have had a representation at the Olympic Games, but progress has been stifled by a lack of funds in recent years.

Mathambo said, in an interview this week, that there is not much that can be done in the absence of solid funding.

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