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WADA statement on substance AOD-9604

Following a number of inquiries regarding the substance AOD-9604 available on the Internet ‘black market’ and possibly elsewhere, WADA has issued the following statement: AOD-9604 is a substance still under pre-clinical and clinical development and has not been approved for therapeutic use by any government health authority in the world. Therefore, under the 2013 Prohibited Substances and Methods List, the substance falls into the S.0 category which states: “S0. NON-APPROVED SUBSTANCES Any pharmacological substance which is not addressed by any of the subsequent sections of the List and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is prohibited at all times.” For more advice and information regarding medication or supplements, athletes are advised to contact their national anti-doping organization or international federation. To access the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, please click here Source:

Samaranch Memorial inaugurated in Tianjin

The first ever Samaranch Memorial was inaugurated on 21 April in Tianjin (People’s Republic of China) in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge, the Samaranch family, his son Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, also an IOC Executive Board (EB) member and her daughter Maria Teresa Samaranch as well as many IOC members who came to pay tribute to the late IOC President, three years to the day after he passed away. This project brings to life the wish of IOC EB member and renowned architect Ching-kuo Wu, to whom Samaranch donated his lifelong Olympic collections, to share this Olympic treasure with the entire world through the Memorial designed by the Holm Architecture Office and Archiland Beijing. “We all know what we owe to Juan Antonio Samaranch” said President Rogge in his inaugurating speech. “If our Movement is today strong and united, it is thanks to his visionary qualities and extraordinary talent. His knowledge of the world of sport and his deep attachment to the Olympic Movement and values were unquestionable. Juan Antonio Samaranch left us a great legacy that we must conserve and perpetuate. And this Memorial is the greatest homage that we can pay to him. ” Some facts and figures The Memorial will display more than 16,000 items from Samaranch’s personal collection - books, stamps, souvenirs, paintings, letters, photographs and personal items, as well as a precious collection of texts on Olympic-related themes. The Memorial and the Olympic Sculpture Park covers an area of about 144,000 square metres, with a construction area of about 19,000 square metres. The main building consists of the overlapping of three circular figures, one in the shape of the number "8" to commemorate the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing; the second in the shape of the letter "S", representing the first letter of the name "Samaranch"; and the third one symbolising the infinite and the eternal. The design of the rings features a circular ramp connecting the two buildings and the three levels for a total of five circles. The main building is surrounded by the Olympic Sculpture Park where visitors will discover the works of renowned sculptors. Not far from there rises an 89-foot fountain representing Samaranch’s 89 years of life. Source:

2013 IWF YWC – first step in the YOG Qualification

The 2013 IWF Youth World Championships and YOG Qualification Event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ended with the participation of 187 Women from 37 countries and 246 Men from 42 countries. In terms of participation, this is the highest rate ever achieved at Youth World Championships. This competition marked the first step in the Qualification period for the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. The following countries already qualified Women: MEX, PRK, RUS, THA, UKR, KAZ, VIE, ROU, ECU, VEN, INA, COL, MYA, POL, EGY. Men: RUS, EGY, KAZ, IRI, IND, ROU, MEX, ARM, UZB, UKR, THA, POL, VIE, COL, VEN, PRK. People’s Republic of China as host nation has full quota. The qualification Team Classification can be downloaded for Women and Men. Team Awards were presented to the 6 Best Teams of the competition. In the Women’s categories, 1st place was awarded to People’s Republic of China, 2nd place went to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea while 3rd place to Mexico. Russia, Ukraine and Thailand followed. In the Women’s categories, 1st place was awarded to Russia, 2nd place went to Egypt while 3rd place to Kazakhstan. Islamic Republic of Iran, Romania and India followed. The Best Female and Best Male athlete of the competition received the IWF/Eleiko Press Commission Trophy from Mr. Sam Coffa, IWF Vice-President and Mr. Kornel Jancso, Editor in Chief of World Weightlifting Magazine. The Trophy of Best Female athlete of the competition was awarded to Qiu Liling from China, and Simon Martirosyan from Armenia received the Trophy of Best Male athlete. Mr. Sam Coffa, IWF Vice President and Chairman of the Technical Committee handed out the first “Certificate of Duty” to Dr. Mike Irani, Medical Committee Member. This card is a great advancement in the recognition of the work and services of Doctor on Duties, volunteers, speakers and people involved in international

Weightlifting for Sports course to be held in Halmstad

From 7-9 June 2013, a course entitled “Weightlifting for Sports” will be held in Halmstad, Sweden. The venue to host the course will be the Eleiko Sports Center. GENERAL OVERVIEW: This course is suitable for Strength & Conditioning /Sports Performance Practitioners, Health & Fitness Professionals, Crossfitters and Sports Coaches who are introducing people to Olympic weightlifting movements and exercises for sports and the Fitness market. It provides each participant with a body of knowledge and practical expertise to enable them to introduce an athlete to the Olympic Lifts. The course will cover programming principles: Olympic lifting techniques: Coaching methodology: Progressive resistance exercises to develop coordination, technique and power: Equipment selection and Health & Safety guidelines. More information

IWF President at the European Championships

Straight from the 2013 IWF Youth World Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan went directly to the European Championships in Tirana, Albania. Mr. Gudar Beqiraj, President of the Albanian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation invited the IWF President to pay a visit to the Albanian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Tamas Ajan also visited the Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Sali Berisha and Bujar Nishani President of the Republic of Albania with Mr. Elez Gjoza, Albanian Weightlifting Federation President. We congratulate to the new Albanian Weightlifting Federation for their great success to prepare and organize the European Championships in Tirana - the very first in the history of Albania in any sports. The European Championships concluded with the participation of 187 athletes. The Results can be found

Last Competition day at the 2013 IWF YWC

Women’s 69kg DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia who will be 15 years old in May won 3 Gold Medals for Ecuador. With 6 good lifts, she ended the competition with a Total of 206kg. In the Snatch, only the Chinese KONG Dongying could follow lifting 90kg. KONG did 111kg in the Clean & Jerk and was close to the Silver Medal. However, ending the competition with 201kg in the Total – same as HULPAN Florina-Sorina (ROU), she only took the third place due to heavier bodyweight. Men’s 94kg RASHIDI DOLISKANI Milad (IRI) took the lead in the Snatch with 160kg, which is 4kg more than the Russian SOLOVEV Nikita’s lift. The Clean & Jerk brought the victory for the Russian SOLOVEV Nikita who won by bodyweight lifting 179kg - exactly the same as RASHIDI DOLISKANI. After willing to jump directly from 179 to 190, none of them could take the good lift being too heavy for both. The 4kg advantage from the Snatch was enough for RASHIDI DOLISKANI to win the competition in the Total. All three Bronze Medals went to the other Iranian lifter FAZLI KOSALARI Amir Hossein for his Total of 328kg. Women’s +69kg Youth World Champion in 2011 and in 2012, NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) defended her title and became once again World Champion in 2013. Even the impressive strength of the Ukrainian DEKHA Iryna and her Gold Medal in the Snatch won by bodyweight couldn’t take the victory away from her. Third place was awarded to WANG Xijing (CHN) who lifted 212kg; 29kg less than the Gold Medallist NOGAY. Men’s +94kg The Men’s +94kg was the competition of MARTIROSYAN Simon (ARM) and SOLEYMANI Alireza (IRI). The two athletes had only 1kg difference after the Snatch, the Armenian lifter dominated the Snatch with 8kg more than any other competitor in this category. MARTIROSYAN won the Gold with a Total of 365kg. SOLEYMANI won the Silver Medal with two good lifts, while three Bronze Medals went to ABUBAKAROV Selimkhan (KAZ) who ended with