2021 Anti-Doping Course by the Pan-American Weighlifting Federation
The Anti Doping Course 2021, organized by the Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PFLP) was held online from September 25 to October 16 this year.
The success of the event was reflected in the 24 participating countries. The commitment made by the federations, coaches and athletes shows that the importance of Anti-Doping doesn’t stop and the sport continues to learn from it.
The event was attended by professors Dr. Victor Carpio (Peru), Carlos Mora (Ecuador) and Nutritionist José Vargas (Chile) and as a special guest, Romina Chang who gave a lecture on ADAMS.
The course was in 3 languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish and there were a total of 170 students who received scholarships from the FPLP.
The participating countries were the following (in alphabetical order):
1. Argentina | 11. United States of America | 21. Santa Lucia |
2. Barbados | 12. Guatemala | 22. Trinidad & Tobago |
3. Bolivia | 13. Guyana | 23. Uruguay |
4. Brazil | 14. Jamaica | 24. Venezuela |
5. Chile | 15. Nicaragua | |
6. Colombia | 16. Panama | |
7. Curacao | 17. Paraguay | |
8. Ecuador | 18. Peru | |
9. El Salvador | 19. Puerto Rico | |
10. Spain | 20. San Cristobal & Nieves |
Certificates will be issued to the students participating in the course, certified by the Pan American Weightlifting Federation, the South American Weightlifting Confederation and the Weightlifting Coaches Social Club.