one of the guys that worked for me up until a couple of months ago represented Australia at the IPF a few years ago by the name of Brendan Cameron. He said it was amazing to go, but also amazingly corrupt.. judges were very Russian represented, what would have failed as a squat from anyone else was passed if Russian.
He also said the oly lifters from the Maldives were freaks! Legs 2 x wider than their bodies, their squats were out of this world, but they kept double bouncing their heels on the deadlift as though they were about to power clean it, so they kept faulting.