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WARNING – Предупреждение – AVISO (MILDRONATE)

WARNING Referring to our previous warnings we would like to reiterate this very important message concerning a new prohibited substance! The 2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods become effective as of the 1stJanuary 2016 and since this date a new substance called MILDRONATE (Meldonium) is considered as prohibited! The IWF Anti-Doping Commission would like to specifically call everyone’s attention to the most used trade names for the substance are: mildronate, meldonium, Quaterin, Kvaretin, THP. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. There may be other medications, supplements which could contain mildronate (labelled or not labelled). According to recent scientific publications of the WADA accredited laboratories Cologne and Moscow, 2-17 % of doping control samples collected in 2014 and 2015 contained mildronate. There are already multiple findings for mildronate in other sports in 2016. The IWF ADC strongly advise everyone to carefully review the prohibited list and comply accordingly!   Предупреждение В продолжение наших предыдущих предупреждений мы желаем особо отметить это очень важное сообщение относительно нового запрещенного вещества! 1 января 2016 года вступает в силу Список запрещенных субстанций и методов 2016 года, и с этого времени новый препарат под названием MILDRONATE (мельдоний) рассматривается как запрещенный! Антидопинговая комиссия IWF желает особо обратить ваше внимание на наиболее часто используемые торговые наименования препаратов, в которых используется это вещество: милдронат, мельдоний, Quaterin, Kvaretin, ТНР. Обратите внимание, что это неисчерпывающий список. Могут существовать и другие лекарства, добавки, содержащие милдронат (маркированные или немаркированные). Согласно последним научным публикациям аккредитованных ВАДА лабораторий в Кельне и Москве, 2-17% образцов, собранных на допинг-контроль в 2014 и 2015 годах содержали милдронат. В других видах спорта в 2016 году милдронат уже был обнаружен. IWF ADC настоятельно советует всем внимательно изучить список запрещенных веществ и действовать соответственно!   AVISO Refiriéndose a nuestros avisos anteriores, quisiéramos reiterar este mensaje muy importante sobre una nueva sustancia prohibida. La Nueva Lista de Sustancias y Métodos Prohibidos es válida desde el 1 de enero de 2016 y desde esta fecha una nueva sustancia llamada MILDRONATE (Meldonium) está considerada como prohibida. La Comisión de Antidopaje de la IWF quisiera llamar específicamente la atención de todo el mundo sobre los nombres comerciales más utilizados de esta sustancia: mildronate, meldonium, Quaterin, Kvaretin, HTP. Por favor téngase en cuenta que esta lista no es completa. Puede haber otros medicamentos, suplementos que podrían contener mildronate (etiquetados o no etiquetados). Según las últimas publicaciones científicas de los laboratorios de Colonia y Moscú, ambos acreditados de WADA (Agencia Mundial Antidopaje), 2-17% de las muestras recogidas en 2014 y 2015 contuvieron mildronate. Ya hay varios resultados de mildronate en otros deportes en 2016. La Comisión de Antidopaje de la IWF aconseja firmemente que se revise con cuidado la lista de sustancias prohibidas y se cumpla como

International Federation Women in Leadership Forum celebrates International Women’s Day

IWF Executive Board member Moira Lassen and IWF Women's Commission member Karoliina Lundahl attended a forum about women's role in leadership positions in sports. The forum was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, around the International Women's Day and arranged by International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). Guest speakers from summer Olympic sports such as wrestling, rugby, triathlon and weightlifting presented case studies in how the role of women in sports has changed in the past decades. Some decades ago the discussion lied in increasing women's participation in sports. This goal has been achieved as many international federations can show gender equality in athlete participation numbers. However, today's discussion lies within the need to bring women into leadership positions as women's participation numbers are very low in leadership positions as well as working on the field as coaches and referees. Wrestling presented their case with the crude reminder of happenings of 2013 as the sport lost its Olympic status. The sport had to reinvent itself and it looked for resources within the sport. They focused on bringing in more girls and women into the sport by launching Sport Mobility promotions such as #SUPER8 and #EACHONEBRINGONE. Within the Super 8  promotion they focused on introducing eight different women champions to the world in order to gain awareness about the sport amidst girls; the Each One Bring One promotion focused on that each athlete should bring another athlete to the sport. Another important focus was to include women in the Olympic Solidarity coaching program and because of this there are now 15.5% women on the field as coaches. With great input from women champions of the sport, wrestling regained its spot as an Olympic Sport and has created a new international federation called United World Wrestling. The successful Social Mobility program in wrestling is based on four basic pillars which can be implemented in other sports. The first pillar is to examine best practices and borrow what's already out there. The second pillar is that one backs up the message with facts and research. The third pillar cries out for turning policies into concrete action. And the last pillar calls for continuous action: KEEP GOING! IWF Executive Board members Moira Lassen and José Quiñones were guest speakers in the forum. Lassen gave a personal presentation about her life from coming into the sport as a young mother of a weightlifter into the first female board member in our sport. She shared her pathway which at times was troubled as she learned good sports government by putting in numerous voluntary hours into the sport. In the upcoming year Lassen as the Chair of the Women's Commission will present the Executive Board with three important initiatives in order to achieve IOC's Agenda 2020 recommendations: Implementation of a new female weight category from seven to eight in order to promote gender equality; implementation of a mandatory female Vice President position within the constitutional electoral process; and engage the Executive Board to register in the United Nations #HEFORSHE campaign. Quiñones spoke as the President of Peruvian Olympic Committee about the cultural barriers that women face in everyday life and what the Peruvian Olympic Committee has done to raise the participation numbers of women in sports. He called for cooperation across the playing field - in both women and men leaders - to increase the numbers of women in leadership roles. This IOC Forum was chosen to be held on the International Women's Day (IWD) March 8. The theme for the IWD 2016 is #PledgeForParity where everyone can pledge to take a concrete step to help achieve gender equality more quickly. As the IWD official website states: "[It can be]... to help women and girls achieve their ambitions, call for gender-balanced leadership, respect and value difference, develop more inclusive and flexible cultures or root out workplace bias. Each of us can be a leader within our own spheres of influence and commit to take pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity." (From Karoliina Lundahl/Moira

Pan American Federation Electoral Congress

The Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) held its Electoral Congress successfully in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 26 February 2016. Besides the delegates from 22 Pan American member federations, the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee Secretary General Antonio Acosta, the IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján, the General Secretary Wenguang Ma, the Vice President Sam Coffa as well as 5 Executive Board Members and several international guests also participated in the Congress. The Congress was named “Congreso Eleccionario Santo Domingo 2016 in Memoriam Eddie Suarez” – Eddie Suarez Rojas, the son of the previous PAWF General Secretary Eddie Suarez who was tragically died last year also attended and made an emotional speech while receiving the PWF recognition on behalf of his late father. Following the various reports of PAWF, the election concluded with success. Willian Ozuna was the sole candidate for the PAWF President position. He was unanimously reelected and showed a strong leadership for the PAWF’s tight unity. Rafael Pacho (CUB) was elected as General Secretary among 3 candidates running for the position. Ana Camacho (COL) set a historical milestone as she is the first ever female on the PAWF Board – she was elected as a Vice President. The new PAWF Executive Board Members are: Willian OZUNA (DOM) – President Rafael PACHO (CUB) – General Secretary Ana CAMACHO (COL) – Vice President Kyle PIERCE (USA) – Vice President Andres VARGAS (PUR) – Vice President Fernando ESQUIVEL (CRC) – Member Miguel NINO (NCA) – Member Luis ZAMBRANO (ECU) – Member HARTHEY Cristian (CHI) – Treasurer Elected Committee members are: Gustavo MALGOR (ARG) – Technical Committee Maritza ORTIZ (DOM) – Technical Committee Hugo THEMEN (ARU) – Technical Committee Carlos CUERVO (CUB) – Coaching and Research Committee David MONTERO (BRA) – Coaching and Research Committee Dr. Rafael ROMERO (ESA) – Medical Committee Dr. Roxanna VARGAS (DOM) – Medical Committee Dr. Mark LAVALLEE (USA) – Medical Committee Congratulations to all the elected officials! (by Reiko

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Best of 2015: HSU SHU-CHING and ILYA ILYIN

As per the result of the online voting of WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING closed at the end of January, the same lifter won the Lifter of the Year title for 2015 for the men as the year before: ILYA ILYIN from Kazakhstan. Among the women, the Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy will be awarded to HSU SHU-CHING from Chinese Taipei. Both winners received over two thousand votes, leaving no doubt about their title as the best of last year. For the first time WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING launched the Lifter of the Year election in 1982, but at the beginning only men could receive votes. The women joined in 1991 and ever since we have had two winners every year. In memory of the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, the creator of the concept, a Challenge Trophy was established, which the annual winners can take over in an elegant ceremony. Last year ILYIN and Russian TATIANA KASHIRINA were the centrepiece of the elegant presentation ceremony hosted by Astana, Kazakhstan, who received the Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy from the Editors of WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING in the high company of Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President. For her output during last year, HSU SHU-CHING from Chinese Taipei will be accorded the precious 2015 Trophy honouring her supremacy and world champion title in 53kg at the Houston World Championships. No doubt, when casting their ballots on Kazakhstan’s ILYA ILYIN, voters rewarded his incredible new world record at the President's Cup in Grozny. Congratulations to both winners!

WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING’s latest issue is out!

WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING’s latest issue N°136 is out! Check out the detailed report from the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA as well as interviews, Rio 2016 update and an overview of the Russian President’s Cup. Read the online