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Stian Grimseth is the new President of NWF

Stian Grimseth, legendary lifter of his country was elected as President of Norwegian Weightlifting Federation. Mr Grimseth won the European Championships in 1996, competed twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004) and several other national and international events. He won the Norwegian Championships in 2008 before retiring. He has been active on European an international level and hosted European Championships in his home city Forde. IWF wishes him successful activity in Norwegian

IWF Development Program 2019

IWF continues supporting the National and Regional Federations in the framework of the IWF Development Program. The IWF Member Federations have the possibility to improve their organisational, coaching, training, educational and anti-doping activities or apply for weightlifting equipment. The documents for 2019 are already available here. The deadline to submit the applications to [email protected] is 17th February 2019. IWF wishes good luck. Follow us on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Jenly Wini inspires Solomon Islands students

Solomon Islands weightlifter Jenly Wini who created history at the recent Commonwealth Game has inspired young students to pursue weightlifting in the future. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist for the past three days has been conducting Oceania Talented Identification Program at Koloale Community High School, Hips School and Mbokonavera Community High School. The program is organized by Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) through funding from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to identify talented weightlifting athletes around the Pacific. Wini said the Oceania Talented Identification Program is an annual program where every coach or selected athlete from the Pacific Countries conducted at schools to select one representative and identify athletes who are interested in training. She said from the three days programme she will select one student to attend training camp and watch elite weightlifting games later in September. “I was impressed to see there are a lot of students that attend the program at Koloale Community High School. The school hall was fully packed with students who keen to learn about weightlifting sport.” Wini said on the second day on Tuesday, there were also high number of students who attended the program at Hips School. Yesterday Wini concluded the program at Mbokonavera CHS where students were given the opportunity to lift 2.5 kg and 5 kg. Several students who took up the challenge to lift the 2.5 kg and 5kg in front of their fellow students were inspired by the success story and presence of Wini at their school. Wini’s success story has a long history which she never regretted. She told Star Sports that she began her sporting career as a rugby player when she was 16 years old. “When I played rugby I used to walk past the weightlifting training centre and did not see female athletes training so I decided to walk in and started training,” she said. Embed from Getty Images That happened in 2009 which on the same year she made her debut at the Mini South Pacific Games in the Cook Islands. At the Mini South Pacific Games, she won three silver medals in the 69kg bodyweight category. From there, she continues to raise her profile. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 58 kg category. She was the flagbearer of Solomon Islands sports team in the opening ceremony. In the event, Wini finished 17th. She won the 2013 Oceania Championships in her bodyweight category, the first female weightlifter from the Solomon Islands to achieve that. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category. Once again, she was the flagbearer for the Solomon Islands. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category and finished 15th. In 2018 she became the first Solomon Islands athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal, finishing third in the women's 58kg bodyweight category at the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, she will depart for New Caledonia today to continue with her training. Source: Solomon Star News — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Myanmar Weightlifting Federation got encouraged by Vice-Minister

Dr MYA Lay Sein, Vice-President of Myanmar Olympic Committee and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Health and Sport encouraged and delivered a speech to lifters at the training hall of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation. The Vice-Minister was welcomed by the General Secretary of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation, Mr THI Han, officer for MWF's office, Mr MYO Min and coaches of MWF. She encouraged and delivered the speech to lifters participating at the upcoming Asian Games held in Jakarta, and guided the officials travelling as part of the delegation. After that, Mrs MYA Lay Sein took a group photo with the lifters and officials of the Myanmar Weightlifting

Coaching course in Kenya

Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association with the assistance of the International Weightlifting Federation organized a Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course in Nairobi, Kenya from 16th to 21st July 2018. The course was presented by Dr. Kyle Pierce, IWF Coaching and Research Committee member. The 16 participants included experienced and new coaches as well. After the theoretical and practical sessions of the course, they took a 50 question multiple choice test in order to become an IWF Certified Club Coach. The Club Coach Course is primarily intended for new coaches. It provides them the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to safely and correctly teach the sport of Weightlifting. The content covers several areas including safety, basic sports science, teaching and coaching principles, a method for teaching beginners’ basic training and competition lifts, training programs for beginners, organizing simple Weightlifting competitions, and anti-doping. Additional presentations were made on the topics of Bioenergetics, Periodization, Recovery Methods (with a focus on Nutrition), Dietary Supplements, Technique of the Competition Lifts, Sports Psychology Issues, and Youth Resistance Training including Long-term Athlete Development. As the new Qualification System for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo in 2020 comes into force on 1st November 20018, it was also presented. Besides the lessons conducted by Dr. Pierce, Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) gave lectures on the Doping Control Process, Anti-Doping Rules Violation, Prohibited Substances, Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), Nutrition, Supplements, and the Consequences of Doping. All presentations were outstanding and kept the attention of the course participants throughout. Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association was grateful for the successful conclusion of the course and thanked to the IWF to make this course

Gold and Bronze for Vietnam, Silver for Colombia

Impressive competition went on between the two Vietnamese lifters LAI and NGO. First being 2018 Asian Junior Champion and second being 2018 Asian Youth Champion, the two competed for the Junior World Champion title in the Men’s 56kg. LAI Gia Thanh (VIE) came out last when all other athletes already took their attempts in the Snatch. He started at 118kg and failed at first, but made it look easy with his second attempt. He came out for a third lift at 122kg – good one. This gave him a 5kg advantage over GARCIA PEREZ. Taking Bronze in the Snatch, Pan-American Youth Champion in 2017, GARCIA PEREZ Jairo Luis (COL) made it three good lifts while NGO Son Dinh (VIE) had only one good lift in the Snatch – 113kg – still enough for a Bronze. Starting his Clean and Jerk at 134kg, Colombian lifter GARCIA PEREZ Jairo Luis (COL) missed his first lift and was only able to control that same weight at his second attempt. Ending with a Total of 254kg, he managed to grab the Silver Medal ahead of NGO. Ranking third after the Snatch, NGO had only one good lift in the Clean and Jerk – 136kg. An injury during his second attempt kept him away from the platform preventing him from coming out for a third one. With his Total of 249kg, he still managed to take the third place of the podium and a well deserved Bronze. His compatriot LAI had only one good lift in the Clean and Jerk – 144kg – sealing his victory with three Gold Medals. His Total in 2017 was 249kg that he improved with 17kg this year. Going for 135kg-138kg-143kg, LIM Kanghun (KOR) won a Silver Medal in the Clean and Jerk after ranking 5th in the Snatch. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter