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Huge success for Brazil on the first day

Women 44kg First Gold medal at the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships in Lima, Peru went to China. The victory of GAO Yimei (CHN) was however not an easy one. She challenged by the Vietnamese lifter KHONG My Phuong leading the Snatch with an advantage of 3 kg. Injuring her leg, she limped on stage for the Clean and Jerk and had a good lift for her third attempt at 76kg. FIRST MEDAL EVER at Youth World Championships in weightlifting for Brazil! With a Bronze in the Snatch and Bronze in the Total, ROSA FIGUEIREDO Emily made history today. Emily dropped down from the 48kg bodyweight category to the 44kg in March and had a personal best at 62/78. Coming down to a lower bodyweight, she never thought she could take a medal while at the same time setting a new personal best! Men 50kg Men Outstanding lifts from SON Igor (KAZ) ending with six good lifts and 3 Golds! He led the competition from the Clean and Jerk to start. Winning the Snatch by bodyweight – ending with 92kg just like the Russian lifter GARAEV Zulfat, he got the advantage needed to win the Clean and Jerk and the Total. Second place went to LE NGUYEN Quoc Bao (VIE) with 202kg, the Vietnamese lifter missed his last Clean and Jerk. Third place of the Podium was Russian GARAEV Zulfat (RUS), less confident in the Clean and Jerk finished only 1kg behind Silver Medallist. The Turkish lifter GUNGOR Isa was way beyond catching the leading three with 17kg less in the Total. Women 48kg DE SOUZA FACCIOLLA FERREIRA Aline (BRA) took the lead after the Snatch with 73kg, leaving the second place to the other Brazilian lifter OLIVEIRA MADEIRA Luana (BRA) lifting in the same bodyweight category. The Chinese lifter YANG Lijin (CHN) ranked third after the Snatch, but managed to lessen the advantage taken by the other lifters to finish first in the Clean and Jerk. JIMENEZ PALECHOR Julieth Alexandra (COL) came up from being number to second, while the two Brazilian lifters could only grab the 5th and 6th place respectively. 90kg in the Clean and Jerk were enough for YANG to win the Gold in the Total (160kg), leaving second place to DE SOUZA FACCIOLLA FERREIRA Aline (BRA) and third to OLIVEIRA MADEIRA Luana (BRA). CUEVA URIBE Fiorella Francesca stood up on the third place of the podium winning the first Medal for Peru in Women

2015 IWF Youth World Championships are officially open

The Peruvian Weightlifting Federation, under the guidance of President José Quiñones González organized several weightlifting competitions: - 2007 University World Championships - 2008 Olympic Games Qualification Pan American Championships - 2010 YOG Qualification Youth Pan American Championships - 2011 IWF Youth World Championships - 2013 IWF Junior World Championships - 2014 YOG Qualification Youth Pan American Championships and now the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships! During the Opening Ceremony held in the venue – Maria Angola – IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan declared the championships open and emphasized on the fact that for the first time women participation was higher than men! From the 36 countries and 193 lifters present, there are 100 women against 93 men! This is a great development of women participation in the sport and an important milestone for Youth being the

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

The IWF reports that sample A of Mr. Adrian – Grigore Lingurar from ROU has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for (S1.1 Anabolic Agents) 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. Daniel – Florian Vizitiu from ROU has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for (S1.1 Anabolic Agents) 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

Executive Board Allocated future World Championships

The IWF Executive Board held a 2 days meeting in Lima Peru prior to the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships to kick off on 8 April 2015. A lot of attention was devoted to the IWF Development Program and an updated policy was approved for the contributions granted to the Continental Federations. Beside the reports of the 3 Committees and Continental Federations, the Executive Board received and approved a detailed report of the Anti-Doping Commission on related matters. The EB reconfirmed the necessity of investigation into the entourage of the athletes and their eventual sanctioning. As a major step in the field of Marketing, the Executive Board appointed a new Marketing Commission Chairman, Zhanat Tussupbekov, President of the Kazakh Weightlifting Federation and approved a new partnership project. A yearly summary highlighting media presence and press activities was presented to the Executive Board underlining the involvement of continents in the press publication. An updated report on LIFT THE WORLD – the IWF Documentary on the sport was presented with feedback from viewers. The documentary now reached a viewership of over 100.000. in only a couple of days. Sport for All in the “weightlifting for all” area of activities is looking to an upgrade whereby General Secretary Ma Wenguang assumed the additional responsibility to coordinate. Answering the call of the Olympic Agenda 2020, the IWF is open-mindedly exploring new opportunities for the sport including new types of events and participation in various Games. IBIS and IF Shared Data Platform was introduced to the members. The Board approved the Financial Statement of 2014 presented by the IWF Financial Advisor and an update of the 2015 Budget. Most importantly, the Executive Board allocated future World Championships with presenting the candidature procedure. Candidates for 2017 IWF Youth World Championships were: Argentina, Peru, Thailand, United States of America Candidates for the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships were: Albania, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Peru, Nepal, Japan, The IWF Executive Board selected 2017 IWF Youth World Championships to Bangkok, Thailand and the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships to Tokyo, Japan after evaluation of all bids received from candidates. Updates were given regarding upcoming events such as: the 2015 IWF Junior World Championships Wroclaw, POL and 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA and detailed information about Rio 2016 was given by Pedro Meloni, Weightlifting Sport

IWF Committee Meetings in Lima

After the joint meeting, all 3 IWF Committees held their meeting prior to the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships Lima, PER to kick off on 6 April. Technical Committee The Technical Committee took 1 minute of silence in memory of Mr. Mahmoud Shoukry, TC Member who tragically passed away. Topics raised during the meeting were as follows: Review of the TCRR Based on the feedback received on the implementation of the ITO Policy, few amendments were approved by the TC and the Policy will be proposed to the Continental Federations to follow. Consider deleting the bodyweight advantage in competition Electronic Change Of Call (ECOC) equipment presented and tested by TC and CRC members in operation for the first time Medical Committee The IWF Medical Committee unanimously approved the Medical Manual which shall be applied by all IWF Event Organizers. During its meeting the members discussed the latest sport specific medical topics (e.g Gender Change Policies) and agreed to elaborate a research project on the Athletic Heart screening. Members came to the understanding to put special attention to the education in the future and made a specific working plan until the next session. Coaching and Research Committee The CRC focused on the Coaching Education Program just launched in Bratislava, Slovakia in March and to be developed and continued in the near future. A detailed report will be submitted to the Executive Board including some questions and issues to be discussed and confirmed. The Committee agreed to avoid using the numbers in indicating the certain levels of the coaching education and defined the following categories: Club coach (Basic level) National Coach (intermediate level) International Coach (highest level) The role of Internet and technology has been emphasized and will be used in IWF Coaching Education