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Best Lifters 2011

World Weightlifting opens the voting for the ”Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Trophy” for the Best Lifter of 2011 – Men & Women After its launching in 2010, when Behdad Salimikordasiabi (IRI) and Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) became the first winners of Word Weightlifing’s “Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Trophy”, we are now opening the election for 2011. Voting open until 20 January 2012. Vote

New website for the 3rd World University Championships

3rd World University Weightlifting Championship 2012 which will take place in Eilat, Israel has launched its official website:

Weightlifting Champion – President of the Republic of Nauru

With the recent resignation of His Excellency Marcus Stephen as President of the Republic of Nauru, a new President has been elected. The new President His Excellency Sprent Dabwido is also a former weightlifter. National champion in 1995 and 1996, he won a silver medal at the 1995 Samoa Games and competed for Nauru at the 1995 World Championships in China in the super heavyweight category. Congratulations to the newly elected

Behdad Salimikordasiabi is Iran’s best athlete for 2011

About 400 Iranian sport journalists took part in poll, naming best male and best female athletes of the year 2011. As the result, leader of this 2011 best male poll was Behdad Salimikordasiabi the gold medallist in the Men's +105kg bodyweight category at the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France with 86% of the votes. By Sayed Abdolhamid

Season’s Greetings!

Please note that due to the holidays the IWF office will be closed from 23 December 2011 until 2 January 2012. On the occasion of the Festive Season, the IWF Secretariat wishes you all a Happy and Prosperous New

Anti-Doping results of the 2011 World Championships

The 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France doping control analysis results are available. Over thirty percent of the competing athletes were tested at this qualification event, and there are 8 positive cases currently in process under the IWF Anti-Doping Policy. Out of the 8 cases, there are 4 that involve anabolic steroids, and 4 that involve stimulants. As soon as the Anti-Doping Rule violation(s) are confirmed, the IWF will publish the names and nationality of the concerned athletes. Based on the above, the Results and the Qualification Team Classification are not