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Slovenian Weightlifting Federation Coaches Seminar

The Slovenian Weightlifting Federation organized a Seminar for Coaches in the framework of the IWF Development Program between 31 August and 23 September 2018. The course was a big success and proved that weightlifting in Slovenia is widely developing. In total, twenty-two candidates participated, and every one of them passed the exam at the end of the Course and became licenced weightlifting coach. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Australian Weightlifting Federation Newly Elected Board

The 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Weightlifting Federation was held on Monday the 10th September. The newly elected board consists: Sam Coffa - President/Chair Deborah Acason Lyn Jones Pedro Sanchez Phil Maunder The AWF Board will appoint additional two directors in due course. Congratulations to all the elected officials! Source: Australian Weightlifting Federation — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Lasha Talakhazdze is one to watch at the 2018 IWF World Championships

The Georgian National Championships were held over the weekend, where national favourite, Lasha Talakhadze showed off his incredible talent once again.   At his first formal competition in the newly established 109kg bodyweight category, Lasha broke multiple unofficial World Records and set a new personal best with his 264kg Clean and Jerk. This is one kilogram more than the official 105kg World Record set by Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh in 2004. As of the Snatch, Lasha easily lifted 214kg, that earned him a 478kg Total, which is also 1kg more than the 105kg bodyweight category World Record set by himself last year at the World Championships in Anaheim. At 220kg, he holds the Snatch World Record as well. Watch the 264kg Clean and Jerk on Lasha's Instagram! 2018 could be the most successful year in Lasha's career so far. After being named Lifter of the Year earlier this year, he is expected to shine at the 2018 IWF World Championships starting 1st of November. If he delivers the same performance, he would become the World Record holder in Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Total in his bodyweight category. Be ready for Ashgabat! — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

WHEREABOUTS REMINDER Q4

This is a reminder that every Athlete included in the International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) shall submit their whereabouts information through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) throughout the whole year on a quarterly basis. The deadline to submit for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018 is 30 September. Please also note that Athletes who are not included in the IRTP but wish to compete at IWF Events shall provide whereabouts information for at least the two-months period prior to the Event. In case of an IWF World Championship the length of this period is three months. Athletes who do not fulfil this criteria shall not be eligible to compete at the IWF Event in question. Should you encounter any technical difficulties please contact us immediately

DEADLINE REMINDER: Final Entries 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat

The deadline for submitting the Final Entries to the 2018 IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, TKM runs out on 28 September. Member Federations are hereby reminded to submit their applications with an immediate urgency. We kindly ask you to register your athletes through the IWF Online Entry System:   http://www.iwf.net/e-entry All other documents, like Team Accommodation Form, Transportation Form, Media Accreditation Form, Visa Application Form, Regulations are downloadable by the following link: Documents The World Championship will be held between 1st and 10th November. _ Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

2018 WUC closed: Exellence in mind, body – and in organisation

The heavyweights got into action on the final day of the 2018 WUC. USA, Austria and Germany vied for the top positions in the men's 105kg and shared the snatch medals. KOCH Florian from Austria was best in snatch, but in clean and jerk LIN Sheng-Lun from TPE rose to prominence. However, the overall winner was GUNTHER Bjorn, Germany. In the women's 90kg Tom GOEGEBUER's lifter, European Championship silver medallist VANBELLINGHEN Anna represented Belgium, won hands down, and added 3 WUC gold medals to her collection. Women's +90kg - 2017 Universiade 4th Korean KO A-Rang and 2016 WUC 3rd Mexican BUENO PLACENCIA Gladis G. were fighting for the gold medals. Since the Korean was better on both lifts, finishing with 339kg in total, she won all the three gold medals ahead of BUENO. The men's superheavies were last to board the platform. Serbia's KAJDOCI Tamas came out last but in snatch he received strong competition from HSIEH Yun-Ting, TPE who received the gold for 170kg, four kilograms over the Serbian's. Ecitement rose in clean and jerk where KAJDOCI met his match in NONAKA Masahiro, Japan. Their chase ended with the Serbian tackling 222kg successfully for a 388kg winning total. The WUC in Biala Podlaska came to an end with a Closing Ceremony whereby FISU 1st Vice President Leonz EDER praised the organisers and the excellence of the participants. "As FISU Technical Delegate for Weightlifting, I am happy and proud to have had another successful World University Championships like this one in Biala Podlaska. All participants had a great time and enjoyed perfect competing, lodging and catering conditions. Last but not least, we must be grateful to the hosts for their traditional warm Polish hospitality." - said Anikó NÉMETH-MÓRA, in charge of supervising the event. "The IWF has also expressed its full satisfaction and appreciation to the hosts for what was an entirely excellent event with 26 countries participating." - confirmed IWF Technical Delegate Mátyás