Archive from 2014

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that sample A of Mr. GODELLI Daniel from ALB has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for stanozolol. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined – after a B sample analysis, a hearing or an appeal – that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. The IWF will not make any further comment on the case until it is

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that sample A of Mr. PULAKU Hysen from ALB has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for stanozolol. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined – after a B sample analysis, a hearing or an appeal – that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. The IWF will not make any further comment on the case until it is

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that sample A of Ms. KIM Un Ju from PRK has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for methyltestosterone / methandriol. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined – after a B sample analysis, a hearing or an appeal – that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. The IWF will not make any further comment on the case until it is

IOC Session gave recognition to the NOC of Kosovo

The 127th IOC Session today in Monaco granted full recognition to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo. The NOC of Kosovo met the requirements for recognition as outlined in the Olympic Charter. These include the sport and technical requirements as well as the definition of “country” as defined in Rule 30.1 – “an independent State recognised by the international community.” Kosovo is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 UN Member States. The NOC of Kosovo was established in 1992 and has more than 30 affiliated National Federations (NFs), 13 of which are Olympic sports federations. Of these, eight are full members of their respective International Federations (IFs), while the other five are provisional or associate members of their respective IFs. Full recognition of the NOC is in the interests of the athletes and should remove any uncertainty they may have. It will allow them to take part in qualifications for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and in future editions of the Games. The International Weightlifting Federation wishes to congratulate to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo and supports the great efforts and cooperation of the Kosovo Weightlifting

Hungarian Péter Nagy winds up WUWC 2014 with last victory

In what was a competition taking many unexpected turns, Turkish Resul ELVAN finally emerged victorious in total. However, the first gold medal in snatch went to Radoslav TATARCIK of Slovakia and the second, in clean and jerk, and with that the third, in total, was earned by the Turk thanks to his superior performance of 202kg, while Korea pocketed two more silver medals. Thailand’s recent World Championship bronze medallist, Chitchanok PULSABSAKUL, fortified with her teammate and fourth-placed Praenapa KHENJANTUEK left little room for others on the podium and little doubt about who will win the top positions in the women’s +75kg category. With their world class performance they put the crown not only on Thailand’s overall performance but the whole World University Championships in Chiang Mai. Since 2008, Péter NAGY, Hungarian superheavy champion has been collecting the available University titles, including that of Universiade champion (2011) and now, at his last competition of this kind, he grabbed nothing less than the WUWC 2014 Champion title once again. His supremacy in the +105kg could not be questioned, whereby he was unsuccessfully challenged by two Koreans in the clean and jerk who were eventually happy to share the dais with him. The WUWC 2014 came to an end in Chang Mai after 4 days of exciting and high standard competitions. Many congratulations to the participating athletes and thanks to the hosts! (Source:

Beauchemin-Nadeau breaks home triumph streak at WUWC

Dumitru CAPTARI of Moldova scored an overwhelming victory in the men’s 77kg and on the 3rd day of the 4th World University Championships Adrian T. PAWLICKI fulfilled Polish expectations winning the 85kg category by a narrow margin on Korea’s KANG Mingi, who took the gold in snatch. Thailand’s women remained true to tradition and Wiriya SUWANNARATANA in 69kg became the fifth Thai to take the University World Title. This streak of victories was broken only in the 75kg where Commonwealth Games champion Marie-Eve BEAUCHEMIN-NADEAU of Canada triumphed ahead of Brazil’s Jacqueline ANTONIA FERREIRA, who repeated her silver winning position from 2012 but managed to win the gold in snatch. Poland continued to be the winning nation in the men’s 85kg at the North-Chiang Mai University, when Lukasz GRELA beat the better one of two Thai contestants by a margin of 10 kilos, all of which he could thank to his superior snatch performance. In the end, both GRELA and Sarat SUMPRADIT of Thailand clean and jerked 200kg and with the latter being 0.01kg lighter, the clean and jerk gold medal was kept on home