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Sroka and Muziński best in the Memorial

Krzysztof Beck (1930-1996) participated in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, where he took 5-th place in category 77 kg. Multiple champion of Poland was associated with club "Zawisza". The memorial tournament to remember Col. Krzysztof Beck is organized since 2000. This year the best athletes of the tournament were Sroka and

Champions’ Gala in Chelm

As emphasized by President of the Polish Weightlifting Federation Zygmunt Wąsiela Champions Gala in Chelm was a great promotion of weightlifting. Six women and ten men in different weight categories competed, among them the world champion Marcin Dolega, Georgian Kosabijew Arsen and Olympic silver medalist from Beijing, a Frenchman Vencelas Dabaya. The combination of weightlifters of artistic performances and meetings with prominent athletes from other disciplines, including swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak, is a very good promotion of our sport - Zygmunt Smalcerz said. According to the opinion of the Munich Olympic champion Zygmunt Smalcerz the weightlifting in Poland draws a great future. - We have many promising young lifters such as Daniel Dolega, the youngest of the family. If he will be well coached, he can reach the highest successes. Also Adrian Zielinski, Junior World and European Championships gold medalist has a fantastic future ahead - said Zygmunt Smalcerz. Patron of the event was three times Olympic bronze medalist (1956, 1964, 1968) Marian Zielinski who was born 80 years ago, on 24 December 1929 in Chelm. He was a weightlifter in club Legia Warsaw (1953-70). Marian Zielinski was the first Pole in this discipline, stood on the Olympic podium (1956 in Melbourne). Also the first to set world record (1958), and a year later won the world champion title. After retirement he was a coach. He began painting, carved in wood, carry out work in silver jewelry. He died on 13 October 2005 in Warsaw.

IOC’s Medal Design Competition to create the medal for the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Participants from more than 36 countries and 5 continents have contributed. The competition is now closed for entries and a gallery of medal designs can now be viewed online. Please visit www.medaldesigncompetition.com to vote for your favourite medal! Voting procedure will be open until 22 January 2010. The 10 best medals voted by the public will be presented to an IOC jury who will then elect the winning design. The winning designer will have the opportunity to see athletes awarded their medals in Singapore next summer from 14 to 26 August 2010.

Dongguan preparations for the 2010 Games are “right on schedule”

The 16th Asian Games (www.gz2010.cn/en), part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is reporting that co-host cities Foshan, Dongguan and Shawei are "chomping at the bit" and will be ready to go when the Games begin in November 2010. According to Zhu Yimin, Deputy Secretary General of Dongguan Municipal Government, preparations for the 2010 Games are "right on schedule" at each of the three co-host cities. During The 16th Asian Games Dongguan will host Weightlifting competitions with 15 Gold medals. Mr. Zhu said that Dongguan Mayor Li Yuquan heads the Asian Games Preparation Committee, which was established in 2008 and that the renovation of the Weightlifting venue (which began in June 2009) is nearly completed with the air-conditioning facilities and information systems under preliminary

IWF Executive Board discussed Indian Federation’s doping cases issue

The IWF Executive Board discussed the issue of the several Indian positive doping cases. Regarding the facts that the India has repeatedly produced multiple cases in recent years, on the other hand, however, the cases are still in process, the Executive Board shall take a very strong action against the Indian Federation, once all the cases are closed. Such actions will be made public upon the closure of the last

Queen’s Baton Relay Passes Through England

The Queen's Baton Relay which is an important part of the International preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi passed through England on its tour of the Commonwealth countries today and was handled by Weightlifters from the England Commonwealth Games Squad and the new BWLA President (and former 3 times Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winner Louis Martin M.B.E). The Baton arrived at the Queen Alexandria Stadium , Birmingham as part of its national tour before passing into the other Home Countries. It was displayed in various Birmingham schools and colleges before being brought to a packed Alexandria Stadium just after lunch time where it was met by a deputation from British Weightlifting's Team England along with Louis Martin M.B.E -their new President. Due to the unavailablility of our British Weightlifters' Association Chief Executive Steve Cannon , Dr. Chris Freebury the Chairman of England's Weightlifting Committee was there to meet it alongside Louis Martin M. B.E and two young Commonwealth Games hopefuls from the Midlands area- Hannah Powell (17) from Birmingham and Chris Freebury jnr.(20 ) from Derby. Hannah and Chris both gave a display of Weightlifting for the assembled crowd with a commentary from Sam Hayer who was England's Commonwealth Games Youth Coach in Puna, India. This was extremely well received and the young athletes were then asked to pass the Baton to members of British Gymnastics who also gave a short demonstration . Louis Martin M.B.E added a few words of his own and wished the athletes the very best of luck in their efforts and assured them that the Commonwealth Games was a very friendly affair . England are now in an advanced stage of preparations for the event having chosen a number of athletes to be included in a regular and structured series of training events at different venues throughout the country up to the competition itself. The final selection of athletes will take place on 26th June 2010 following the British Championships which will be held in Kilmarnock, Scotland. Dr. C.G. Freebury -Chairman England Weightlifting