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The World Championships in Ashgabat was easier to watch than ever!

IWF, Lagardère Sports set numerous production and distribution milestones in Ashgabat. The IWF and Lagardère Sports continued to build on their successful partnership with a fantastic showing at the 2018 IWF World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Entering its third consecutive World Championships as Host Broadcaster for the World Championships, Lagardère Sports maintained its top-notch production standards for the IWF’s signature event, while implementing new production elements that raised the sport to new heights. Working in partnership with domestic broadcaster Turkmenistan State TV (TKM TV), Lagardère produced over 50 hours of live coverage from Ashgabat, including all 20 A Sessions along with select B Sessions.  TKM TV provided state of the art production facilities, equipment and technical support throughout the 10-day event. Lagardère’s production included many historic firsts for the sport of weightlifting, from a record 16 cameras covering all the storylines both on and off the competition platform, to the implementation of new TV graphics designed to make the Championships more understandable for new audiences. Among the many first-time production enhancements implemented in Ashgabat was the use of multiple crane cameras, providing an enhanced spectator experience and unique viewing angles from both the stage and warmup areas.  Lagardère Sports also used 3 portable Radio Frequency cameras in Ashgabat, with 2 cameras dedicated to the warmup area to capture every strategic coaching move. When factoring in the 8-camera production from TKM TV and a 6-camera webcast production for B, C and D sessions, an astounding 30 cameras caught every angle of competition over the 10-day event. In its role as media rights distributor for the World Championships, Lagardère Sports ensured that this historic production was available to a record number of fans around the globe.  After negotiating distribution deals in nearly 150 countries with major international broadcasters such as ESPN, Fox, CCTV and L’Equipe, Lagardère conducted an unprecedented agreement with Olympic Channel to air all 50+ hours of fully-produced action live in every remaining available market in the world. Lagardère Sports and the IWF will look to build on this success at the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand in September.   — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

2018 King’s Cup in Spain

The 62nd King's Cup (Copa SM El Rey) will be held at the Municipal Sports Center "Cerro Almodóvar" in Madrid on Saturday, 24 November. Twelve clubs will take part in the competition, who all qualified at the PlayOff on 6 October. The competitions, divided into morning and afternoon sessions, will start at 8.40 AM and 3.40 PM local time (GMT+1). The complete list of participants can be downloaded here. LaLigaSports, in partnership with the Spanish Weightlifting Federation, will live stream the whole event: Watch the Morning sessions Watch the afternoon sessions — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

IWF Development Seminar in Norway

The Norwegian Weightlifting Federation organised a Seminar within the framework of the IWF Development Program. The seminar went on for two days with both internal and external speakers. A total of 18 representatives spent their Saturday and Sunday with the goal of improving the framework and development of the clubs. The first day started with introduction from the Educational Consultant Tiril Tøien and NWF President Hilde Næss. The political framework was presented by the President and there were informal discussions around club development. Furthermore, the Educational Consultant presented the organisational work that lies behind club development and demonstrated the electronic registration system used in Norwegian sport. Day 1 came to an end with a workshop, where representatives contributed. The Educational Committee was represented by Lars Espedal and Eirik Mølmshaug, who introduced a new model for club development. The Seminar continued on Sunday with an external speaker from the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF). Mr. Åsmund Sæbøe gave the representatives an insight into NIF’s activity related to club development. Mr. Sæbøe created several workshops where representatives from regions and clubs could work in groups to discuss strategies for club development and the practical implications of those strategies. The Sunday session ended after a workshop called Sports for All, an assessment of current standings on how the NWF can work with inclusion for all. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Updated women’s Youth Standards/Records

The IWF recently identified a miscalculation at the new Youth women’s World Standards. The World Standards/Records have been updated on the website as well as the Results Book of 2018 IWF World Championships. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

South American Weightlifting Confederation Magazine is out

  The fifth issue of the South American Weightlifting Confederation Magazine is out and available online in Spanish language. Some of the topics included are: Participation of South American lifters in World and Pan American Championships South American Games Cocha 2018 Karolina Lundahl's article about relationships between families of lifters Development Strategies Athletes stories Attila Adamfi's article about Olympic Qualification Read the full magazine

Coaching and Technical Official Seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A three-day seminar was held in Sarajevo for coaches and technical officials with delegates from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. Mr Nedim Masic, General Secretary of Bosnia and Herzegovina Weightlifting Federation opened the event with a presentation entitled: “New view to new rules (IWF) – for referees and coaches – updates”. The Referees training was led by Mr Milan Mihajlovic, President of Serbian Weightlifting Federation, member of IWF Technical Committee. Participants had the possibility to take an exam as the practical part was conducted during the Competition which followed the series of seminars. Mr Drazen Kovacevic, Anti-doping expert from Bosnia and Herzegovina NADO talked about rules, regulations and doping control process, while Mr Namik Omerovic BIH Head Coach presented healthy alternatives to enhance performance instead of doping. Mr Maged Salama, IWF expert gave an extensive lecture on strength and flexibility in weightlifting. After the presentations, roundtable discussions were held. Listeners found all presentations highly useful, and many of them already included some material in their training