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Tunis will host the African Junior and Youth Championships

The location of the African Junior and Youth Championships Qualification event for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games has been changed following the decision of the WFA Executive Board. New location: Tunis, Tunisia Date and competition schedule remains unchanged: 15-22 April

Asian Youth Championships (YOG Qualification Event) concluded

First Continental Qualification Event for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games finished today in Bangsaen, THA as the Asian Youth Championships concluded with +94kg competitions. All together 163 athletes from 23 countries participated at the AYCh. and competed for the 9 available quota places. The following countries gained quota place for 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games: Women: TPE, IND, MGL, UZB 1 athlete each Men: KOR, INA, KGZ, TPE, SYR 1 athlete each Full results of the AYCh. HERE  and 2014 Nanjing YOG information HERE The next Continental Qualification Event will be the African Youth Championships in

IWF Anti-Doping Seminar

In the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Mohamed Yousef Al Mana, AWF President and Ali Moradi, AWF General Secretary the seminar was opened by Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General emphasizing IWF's efforts to clean the sport, special attention given to our future, the youth athletes with education and prevention. The experts appointed by the Chairman of the IWF Anti-Doping Commission, Dr. Patrick Schamasch gave lectures including the following topics: - IWF Anti-Doping Strategy, General Anti-Doping information by Meechai Inwood MD, Head of Sports Medicine of Thailand - Update on Prohibited Substances by Dr. Prapin Wilairat Ph.D. National Doping Control Center, Thailand - Doping in Sport: Health risk & benefit? by Supornchai Kongpatanakul MD, Director, National Doping Control Center, Thailand IWF Anti-Doping Seminar will be held in each YOG Continental Qualification

Successful Mediterranean Cup ended in Tunis

Team Tunisia won the Mediterranean Cup organized in Tunis on February 28-March 2. According to the Team Classification, Tunisia ended up first followed by France and Turkey. Ghada HASSINE (TUN), beat three Mediterranean Records and was elected Best Female athlete of the competition while Ahmed MOHAMED (EGY) was elected Best Male athlete. Congratulations for Tunisia for hosting such a successful

British Junior and U23 athletes in Colorado Springs

5 young and talented athletes will visit to the main USA Olympic Centre at Colorado Springs this March. They will attend a 10-day training camp with the best American Junior lifters at the main USA weightlifting hub under the guidance of Tamas Feher, British Head Coach. The athletes attending are: Zoe Smith (58 kg, Junior World silver, Olympic 12th), Mercy Brown (75 kg, Youth European bronze), Sonny Webster (94 kg, Junior World 4th), Shanun Clegg (77 kg) and Adam Mattiussi (77 kg). This opportunity shows a great cooperation between BWL and

Asian Youth Championships (YOG Continental Qualification Event) started

The 1st AWF Executive Board meeting in 2014 was held on 3rd March in Bang Saen, Thailand in connection with the Asian Youth Championships followed by the AWF Congress. Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President honoured both meetings and Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General informed the delegates about Nanjing Youth Olympic Games including the actual status of the qualification and presented the Qualification System for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The event being the YOG Continental Qualification Event as well is the first of the five Continental Championships to provide qualification possibility where 178 athletes from 26 countries with compete for the remaining places for Nanjing.Already on the first competition day 3 new Youth World Records have been broken in all 3 bodyweight categories contested. Song Gum RI, PRK in 44kg broke the Clean & Jerk with 93kg, in 50kg Liangrun ZHENG, CHN broke the Snatch record with 102kg and in 56kg Cheng MENG, CHN broke the Snatch with 128kg. Follow the competitions LIVE on the IWF website.