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IWF Special Congress – Agenda and related materials

Please be informed that the agenda of the Special Congress can be downloaded from here. All materials related to point 3 of the agenda “Approval of the proposed changes to the IWF Constitution and Rules” can be downloaded from here. Please note that the IWF Executive Board is preparing a list of appointments of the Members for the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) and the Independent Investigative Chamber (IIC). The final list of appointments will be sent to all Member Federations in advance of the IWF Special

The IWF Mourns the Passing of Maître François Carrard

With the passing of Maître François Carrard, the IWF has lost a trustful advisor and a great friend. His contribution to sport in general and to weightlifting in particular is without parallel. Throughout his exceptional career, Maître Carrard brought to bear his legal training, his constant willingness to help resolve even the trickiest situations and his deeply amiable personality. It was a winning combination. Maître François Carrard @ASA Profiles As the IOC’s long-time Director General, Maître Carrard provided much-needed leadership and rigour while the Olympic Movement transitioned from largely voluntary administration to a professional basis. He was instrumental in reforms at the IOC, in the creation of WADA, the creation of CAS and so much more. Weightlifting was one of the many sports lucky enough to been able to count on his steadfast support. “Throughout the IWF’s efforts to reform our governance, we were so fortunate to have been able to count on the support of Maître Carrard. All those of us who had the real pleasure of working with him shall miss him dearly,” said IWF Interim President Dr Michael Irani. “Francois could always be relied on to give the right advice, in the right way. We are deeply saddened that he will no longer be by our side.” The IWF extends its very deepest condolences to the family and colleagues of Maître

University of Lausanne and International Weightlifting Federation To Team Up

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and the University of Lausanne, through its Institute of Sport Sciences (ISSUL) are teaming up in the context of a research project on international sport federations’ organizational performance. The overall research project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation for a period of four years. The project addresses two key questions. Firstly, how international sport federations’ organizational performance at a global level (sporting, economic, media, social and societal performance) can be measured efficiently and effectively. And secondly, how findings can inform and guide the federation’s strategic management. For this purpose, the researchers Prof. Emmanuel Bayle and Josephine Clausen (Ph.D) have developed a conceptual performance measurement model that is tailored to the reality of international sport federations. “The IWF has made great strides in terms of improving its governance,” said IWF Interim President Dr Michael Irani. “We have adopted a new constitution, developed new mechanisms for incorporating athletes in our decision making and more. But there is always more that can be done. The IWF is grateful for this chance to engage with independent experts, in order to improve our future work.” The overarching objective of the UNIL research project is to help international sport federations analyze, understand, monitor and manage their organizational performance holistically. Based on the fine-grained analysis of a federation’s organizational capacity, specific lines of actions can be defined within the various dimensions covered in the performance measurement model. Over a period of six months starting in January 2022, the goal of the collaboration between IWF and ISSUL is to apply the performance measurement model to the IWF and to help the federation in making informed decisions. “We are excited to collaborate with IWF on this first application of our performance measurement model. Our goal is to collaborate with federations that seek to analyze their performance holistically in relation to their mission and their strategic objectives and to help them steer their organizational performance based on informed decision-making,” said senior ISSUL researcher Josephine

IWF Congress Successfully Approves Election Process And Timeline

IWF General Congress @IWF/Isaac Morillas The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) successfully held a Congress of its Member Federations today, in Tashkent and online. 101 Member Federations took part (69 in-person, 32 online), approving a clear set of dates and steps related to the holding of elections for the IWF Executive Board and other Committee positions. “Thanks to today’s decisions, the IWF has been able to finish the year as it started: on track towards meaningful reform and culture change,” said IWF Interim President Dr Michael Irani. “We were asked to deliver three things: new governance, clean competitions and faces in our leadership team. We’ve already delivered the first two. The third is certain to happen because of the provisions mandated by our new Constitution for more athletes and more women on the IWF Executive Board. And now we have a firm date.” Elections had initially been scheduled to take place during today’s Congress. They were suspended last month, on the basis of advice from the IWF’s independent Legal Commission and will now take place on 25-26 June 2022. Further key dates for the electoral process, which will now be restarted, were also confirmed: IWF Extraordinary Congress - 30 January Call for Candidatures - 2 March Deadline for the completion of candidate vetting by the EDC - 30 April On the agenda for the IWF Extraordinary Congress of 30 January will be amendments to the IWF Constitution aimed at speeding up the electoral process, on the basis that it will be repeating some steps that were recently undertaken. It should be noted that there are no proposals to weaken the strict eligibility criteria against which candidates will be vetted. Today’s IWF Congress also featured a range of reports from the IWF leadership team, as the IWF works towards the forthcoming IWF World Championships, successful weightlifting competitions at Paris 2024 and securing the sport’s Olympic

Host Countries Confirmed for Future IWF Events – IWF Executive Board Meeting

IWF Executive Board and Future Host Country Representatives @IWF/Isaac Morillas Today at the IWF Executive Board meeting, the future IWF World Championships were awarded as follows: 2023 IWF Youth World Championships - Albania IWF Junior World Championships - Mexico IWF World Championships - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2024 IWF Youth World Championships - Peru IWF Junior World Championships - Spain 2025 IWF World Championships -

4 New World Records – Last Day at the 2021 IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships

The last day feautured the two heavyweigth categories, the Women +87kg and the Men +109kg categories and we couldn't have wished for a better ending to the World Championships as we could celebrate 4 new World Records. Women +87kg Category The afternoon started with the last female category of the 2021 IWF World Championships.  All the medallist in Snatch made 3 from 3 which showed they were all in great condition for the World Championships. In Snatch Emily Jade Campbell (GBR) who placed second at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the category won Bronze medal with 121kg. Silver went to Younghee Son (KOR) with 123kg and Duangaksorn Chaidee (THA) proved to be the strongest with 124kg and therefore won the Gold medal. In Clean&Jerk the medallist were the same only the order changed. Younghee Son won with 159kg, Emily Campbell cliched Silver with 157kg while Duangaksorn Chaidee lifted the same weight but on a later attempt and therefore she won the Bronze medal.  In Total by a really small margin of 1 kg, Younghee Son (KOR) placed first with 282kg while Duangaksorn Chaidee (THA) won Silver with 281kg. Emily Jade Campbell (GBR) completed the podium with 278kg. Women +87kg Podium @IWF/Steve Galvan Commonwealth Championships Purnima Pandey (IND) won the women heavyweight category with 229kg in Total, and Wiyannalage T N B J Haputhen Happuthenne (SRI) compeleted the podium with 187kg and took Silver. Commonwealth Championships Women +87kg Podium @IWF/Steve Galvan Men +109kg Category Every time there is competition with Lasha among the athletes you can expect something great. This time was no different at the 2021 IWF World Championships as Lasha broke all his records once again. Earlier in the day in Group B, Enzo Kuworge (NED), this years Junior World Champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympian, on his last C&J attempt tried to beat the Junior C&J World Record, but was unsuccessful in his attempt. However he was not the only one who competed among the seniors as a junior. Alireza Yousefi (IRI) also tried to beat the Junior C&J World Record, and with his second attempt of 238kg he succeded in it. In Snatch Lasha already made his statement when with his last lift of 225kg broke his previous record of 223kg and won the Gold medal. Varazdat Lalayan from Armenia took Silver with 211kg and Eduard Ziaziulin (BLR) claimed the Bronze medal with 206kg.  In Clean&Jerk the Bronze medal went to Gor Minasyan (ARM) with 243kg and Silver went to his teammate Varazdat Lalayan with 246kg. When all other athletes completed their lifts, Lasha just begin to start. He lifted 247kg on his first attempt, and with that he ensured the first place was his in C&J. But then came his 2 other lifts. He added 10kg extra to his second lift which he lifted impressively and set his last lift at 267kg which was a new World Record attempt. He completed his lift but the referees by decision declared it a 'no lift'. However the jury reviewed his lift and after the video replay they reversed the decision of the referees therefore with his last lift he set the new World Record of C&J at 267kg. Of course as in Snatch and C&J, Lasha Talakhadze won the Total Gold with the World Record of 492kg. Varazdat Lalayan (ARM) finished second with 457kg and the last medal went to Gor Minasyan (ARM) with 448kg. Lasha Talakhadze Men +109kg Podium @IWF/Steve Galvan Commonwealth Championships At the last event of the 2021 Commonwealth Championships, David Andrew Liti (NZL) won with 407kg in Total. Silver went to Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt (PAK) with 390kg and Singh Gurdeep finished at third place with 389kg.  Commonwealth Championships +109kg Podium @IWF/Steve Galvan Thank you for following the competitions with us, these have been an amazing 11