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Education Seminar focused on the Tokyo 2020 Qualification System

The IWF held an Education Seminar in Tashkent, UZB prior to the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships to kick off tomorrow. Approximately 50 coach and official attended the Seminar. A second one will be held for the athletes focused on Anti-Doping on 8 and 11 July here in Tashkent. Aveenash Pandoo, Member of the Coaching and Research Committee, talked about sport psychology and how to motivate athletes to perform well under pressure. Kyle Pierce, also a Member of the Coaching and Research Committee, held an informative lecture on nutrition, balanced diet, and body regeneration. The third, explanatory presentation about the new qualification system, which the Congress approved earlier today, was delivered by Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General. The main principles of the individual qualification system are: Protection of Clean Athlete Expansion of IWF calendars of Events Sustainable Games-Time Delivery Model It is important to underline that all athletes competing in all new bodyweight categories, which were also approved by the Congress today, will have equal possibilities to qualify.

IWF Congress in Tashkent

The IWF held its Congress prior to the kick off of the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships Tashkent, UZB in presence of delegates from 63 countries. Congress delegates received information on the key decisions taken by the IWF Executive Board on 4-5 July. Delegates approved the reports from the three IWF Committees (Technical, Medical, Coaching and Research). The ten (10) new bodyweight categories for women and ten (10) new categories approved by the IWF Executive Board were ratified by the Congress. The seven (7) and seven (7) selected for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were also presented. They will now be included to the Qualification System for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Following a comprehensive presentation, the Qualification System was officially approved by the Congress. Both the Financial Report for 2017 presented by the IWF Financial Advisor and the Auditor’s Report for the year 2017 presented by KPMG were approved. Future Event Organizers gave presentation to the Congress delegates: 2018 FISU World University Championships Biala Podlaska, POL 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, ARG 2018 IWF World Championships Ashgabat, TKM 2019 IWF Junior World Championships Las Vegas, USA 2019 IWF Youth World Championships Suva, FIJ 2019 IWF World Championships Pattaya, THA 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo, JPN 2020 IWF Youth World Championships Lima, PER 2020 IWF Junior World Championships Cairo,

IWF Executive Board Meeting in Tashkent

The IWF Executive Board has concluded its two days of meetings in Tashkent. Following publication of the new set of bodyweight categories, anti-doping and competition development were among the key subjects of discussion. A report was made to the Executive Board, outlining the complete implementation of the Independent Clean Sport Commission’s recommendations and a report by the Independent Monitoring Group confirmed the progress made by suspended IWF Member Federations (MFs). A further report described the ongoing work of the Anti-Doping Commission. On the recommendation of the Sport Programme Commission, the EB agreed to the development of an athlete centred, sport focused IWF Strategic Plan and on the applied methodology to establish the World and Olympic standards according to the new bodyweight categories. New hosts were agreed for future events, notably the 2020 IWF Youth World Championships which will be held in Lima, PER and the 2020 IWF Junior World Championships which will be held in Cairo, EGY. A change of location was also agreed for the 2019 IWF Youth World Championships, which will now be held in Las Vegas, USA instead of Anaheim. The EB expressed its gratitude to MFs for supporting these candidatures, all of which promise to deliver competitions of the highest quality. The EB also expressed its satisfaction at preparations for the forthcoming Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The official announcement was made about ZKC being the official sport equipment supplier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Executive Board approved the 2017 Financial Report and received information on the solid financial background of the federation with secured reserves. The EB also considered reports on development and education, on communications and marketing, and on women’s

New Bodyweight Categories Approved by the IWF Executive Board

Ten (10) new bodyweight categories for women and ten (10) new categories for men were approved by the IWF Executive Board and will now be submitted to the IWF Congress for ratification. Seven (7) of each of these categories were also approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Junior and Senior Bodyweight Categories: Men Women IWF CATEGORIES OLYMPIC IWF CATEGORIES OLYMPIC 55 61 45 49 61 67 49 55 67 73 55 59 73 81 59 64 81 96 64 76 89 109 71 87 96 +109 76 +87 102 81 109 87 +109 +87 Youth Bodyweight Categories: Men Women 49 40 55 45 61 49 67 55 73 59 81 64 89 71 96 76 102 81 +102 +81  

Olympic Day in Myanmar

The Myanmar Weightlifting Federation held a Youth Weightlifting Competition to join the 2018 Olympic Day movement at their training hall in Yangon on 16 June. With the support of the Myanmar Olympic Committee, 40 youth lifters took part in this celebratory event. The competition happened in the presence of Mr Min Thu Htet, WMF Vice President, Mr Thi Han, MWF Secretary General, Mr Ba La Kyaw Thu, Vice Principal Of The Institute Of Sports And Physical Education. MWF Executive Members and other visitors also attended. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

IWF Committee meetings in Tashkent

Joint Committee Meeting During the Joint Meeting, all IWF Committees received general information about the New IWF and Tokyo 2020 Bodyweight Categories prepared by the Bodyweight Category Working Group, as well as the methodology behind the establishment of the New World Records.   Technical Committee The meeting was held under the leadership of Nicu Vlad, TC Chairman. The Technical Committee agreed to review the IWF ITO Appointment Guideline and to submit the modification proposal by 1 September to fulfill the demand of the ITOs and stimulate the activities of the Technical Committee.  The Committee also agreed to submit the idea to update the Technical Officials' Guidebook which was produced several years ago to be in line with the current IWF TCRR. A series of updated IWF Technical Committee PowerPoints were introduced for further clarification of the IWF TCRR.  Those PowerPoints are downloadable from the IWF Website. The Technical Committee agreed to prepare a detailed draft of the relevant rules for its Video Playback Technology, which are planned to be finalized at the next meeting in Ashgabat, to be implemented at the 2019 Youth World Championships.  The committee also agreed about the positions of the cameras in Ashgabat: 3 in front, with 2 of those in a diagonal position, and 1 at the back, located on the same level as the platform. Additional cameras might be added in the future. The IWF TCRR was reviewed and some modification proposals were agreed to be recommended to the IWF Executive Board.  One of the ideas was a future implementation of an innovative use of the Public Scoreboard which can also be used for Sports Presentation and improvement of the TV Graphics. Medical Committee The Agenda covered several topics, which will be key challenges for the IWF in the upcoming months. The Medical Committee discussed health effects on athletes of the bodyweight category changes. The Committee highlighted the risks for the athletes gaining or losing weight to comply with the new categories. The new bodyweight categories were welcomed by the Members. The proposal prepared by the IWF Bodyweight Categories Working Group was based on scientific evidence also assisted by two Members of the Medical Committee, Mr. Mike Irani, and Mr. Mark Lavallee. Mr. Irani emphasized the importance of the Transgender Policy of the International Olympic Committee. The main goal of the IWFs’ Medical Committee is to focus on weightlifting specific aspects, creating the IWFs’ own Transgender Policy. The Committee also discussed the system of Electronic Medical Records which will be used to manage health data including the injury reports of the athletes. The establishment of electronic injury reports shall be introduced in order to assure a proper and professional medical treatment for athletes on competition sites in compliance with the new general data protection rules.   Coaching and Research Committee The Chairman, Mr. Mahmoud Mahgoub and the members discussed the new bodyweight categories which have been presented during the Joint Meeting. Furthermore, the new qualification system for Tokyo 2020 was reviewed. As a second big topic, the IWF Coaching Courses were examined. Level 1 (Club coach) and Level 2 (National coach) manuals were updated. The answers and results of a previously sent coaching questionnaire to the MFs were discussed. IWF will continue its Coaching Education program.