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ONLINE VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES OF THE 2022 IWF JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

This is to inform you about the procedure of the ONLINE Verification of Final Entries for the 2022 IWF Junior World Championships to be held in Heraklion, Crete, GRE: VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES tab LOGIN with your username and password to the IWF E-Entry System (click HERE) CLICK on the VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES tab at the top of the page. PROCEDURECOMPETING ATHLETE(S) CHECK your athlete(s) BODYWEIGHT CATEGORY/ENTRY TOTAL and modify them if needed SELECT the athlete(s) by clicking the „CONFIRM” button on the left NON-COMPETING ATHLETE(S) DELETE those athlete(s) who WILL NOT participate by clicking the „dustbin” icon on the left  Please DOUBLE-CHECK your final list of the athlete(s) and CLICK on the „SEND VERIFICATION” button above.  THE PLATFORM FOR THE VERIFICATION IS AVAILABLE UNTILAPRIL 30, 2022, AT 12:00/Noon (CET +1, GRE TIME). After the deadline, the IWF E-Entry System will be CLOSED, so that NO FURTHER CHANGES CAN BE MADE to your data. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE IWF AT

IWF appoints Colombia as the host nation for the 2022 IWF Senior World Championships

After a recently concluded bidding process by the IWF, Colombia has been selected as the host nation for the 2022 IWF Senior World Championships. As part of a new process, the IWF had released a call for a hosting opportunity to its member federations to be completed by providing a letter of intent to the IWF. Colombia was one of eight member countries who expressed an interest to host the championship. All the eight countries were asked to make a presentation followed by a Q&A session on Friday the 22nd of April, 2022. The Executive Board had to cast their vote by secret ballot until 18:00 CET on the 23rd of April, 2022 to appoint a new host. Colombia was elected as the new host nation with a majority. The competition will be held in Bogota from the end of November into the beginning of December. Colombia has a long history in weightlifting and has been a true testament of grassroot development of the sport. This is the first time Colombia will be hosting a senior IWF World Championship. Dr Michael Irani, the Interim President for the IWF, stated, “This is a joyous occasion not just for the Colombian Weightlifting Federation, but also the IWF. Colombia has provided a consistent stream of strong weightlifting champions through the years and it brings us immense pleasure to be able to take the IWF Senior World Championships there. Weightlifting has changed the lives of many Colombians and this event will prove to be significant in the growth of the sport within the country.” General Secretary of the IWF, Mohammed Jaloud, concurred and added, “Colombia as the host nation of the World Championships is important for the weightlifting family all around the world. Our vision of an inclusive sport with global presence and the future of this growing sport will be resonated as Bogota takes charge to host the Senior World Championships at the end of the year.” William Peña, President of the Colombian Weightlifting Federation, commented “Sensational news. A recognition of a country that transforms lives through weightlifting. With articulated work and a lot of love we will make the best World Championships in history. Thank you IWF, for trusting us.” The 2022 IWF Senior World Championships were originally slated to be held in China but the Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) concluded against it due to the current Covid-19 situation in the

1st IWF Street Weightlifting Championships – Powered by ELEIKO

The 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Championships was held today at Quartier du Flon, in Lausanne Switzerland. In the beginning the weather was not on competition's side but luckily after 45 minutes delay the event was started. Despite the not so perfect weather a great crowd gathered in the centre of Lausanne to see the athletes compete at this first of a kind mixed team event. Alltogether 14 Athletes participated in 7 teams (1 female and 1 male per team), Team Austria, Team France, Team Germany, Team Italy, Team Switzerland and 2 combined teams, Team International (Colombia and Great Britain) and Team Ambassador (Malta and Qatar). 1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP Compared to other official IWF events the result were based on ROBI points as different bodyweight categories were represented accross the teams. As at every weightlifting competition the program started with Snatch but this new format changed the order of the event. The teams order's were based on a system called Round Robin meaning all teams completed their first attempt -both female and male athlete- from lightest to heaviest Snatch attempts and after each round they had a chance to modify their next weights. This system was used during the pandemic when IWF could only hold competition in an online format. After the Snatch the ranking was as follows: Team Germany - 56.8 Robi points Team Ambassador - 53.1 Robi points Team Italy - 51.1 Robi point 1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP The program continued with the Clean&Jerk after a short break. The total podium at the end was decided by the three first ranked teams of the Snatch portion of the program, Team Germany, Ambassador and Italy, only the order was a question. Despite being contested in Snatch, Team Ambassador didn't leave any chance for the other teams in Clean&Jerk. With an impressive Clean&Jerk of 215kg the Meso Hassona and Yazmin Stevens pair (Team Ambassador) made an overall total of 535kg and with 891.9 Robi points won the 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Championships. The Silver and Bronze medal were decided between Team Germany and Team Italy. In the last attempt of Team Italy, Fabio Pizzolato went up by 20 kgs (from 160kg to 180kg) compared to his second attempt and with that they earned a combined total of 478kg which meant 810.9 Robi points and also the Silver medal. Even though Team Germany made a better last lift of 275kg (combined). since they are competing in heavier weight classes it meant less Robi points therefore with their last good attempt they took home the Bronze with 807.3 Robi points. 1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP The idea of bringing the audience closer to the sport and to the athletes worked perfectly at the event as we were fortunate enough with an amazing crowd, great atmosphere and fun moments, including dancing, lot of laughing and even a backflip. 1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP1ST IWF STREET WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP Congratulations to all the athletes, and hopefully we will soon see the next version of the IWF Street Weightlifting Championships, this time in another

1st IWF Street Weightlifting Competition – Schedule Change and Online Stream

Tomorrow the 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Competition will begin with 14 athletes competing in 7 teams (1 female and 1 male athlete per team). Due to weather forecast, IWF and the Organizing Committee decided to bring the start of the competition earlier to 1PM CET. The event will be at Quartier du Flon in Lausanne, Switzerland but those who won't be able to join us in-person, will also have a chance to follow the competition. The livestream will be available on the IWF Facebook, IWF YouTube Channel and Olympic Channel. In addition on Monday 25th April, at 17:00 local time the event will be broadcasted in China on Huya, on the biggest streaming platform of China. We will also share behind the scenes clips, interviews and short videos on the IWF Instagram page so follow us there. See you tomorrow!

IWF Welcomes the Sports World to its Headquarters in Lausanne

April 22, 2022, Lausanne - Today, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) welcomed members from the Olympic sport community to its headquarters at the Maison du Sport International in the Olympic capital of Lausanne. Due to the impact and restrictions brought about by the pandemic, the IWF was unable to celebrate the move of its headquarters to Lausanne a year ago.The joyous occasion was graced by various executives from the sport world, including delegates from international sport federations and other sport stakeholders. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Meso Hassona, 2021 World Champion and World Record holder in Snatch, Lesman Paredes, and Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Yazmin Stevens, all Athlete Ambassadors of the IWF, also celebrated this day with us.In the short welcome by Dr. Michael Irani, the IWF Interim President, he said: “It is very important to celebrate our move here to Lausanne as it also marks a move to a new and bright future for the IWF and for global Weightlifting. We are conscious about our past issues, but today we look forward with confidence and optimism. So we are very pleased to see so many members from the sports world present at the IWF office inauguration at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne” IWF General Secretary Mohammed Jaloud welcomed everyone saying “We are delighted to finally welcome you to our headquarters in the Olympic Capital. We are looking forward to establishing closer ties within the sports world in Lausanne and hope to see all of you more often. This a celebration of the new and reformed IWF which we bring to you with our global star athletes.” The IWF shall continue the celebrations onto the next day where it unveils its novel concept of the 1st IWF Street Weightlifting Competition, held in the heart of Lausanne at Le Flon. The exhibition event shall witness 14

ITA – IWF Webinar Series // Fourth Webinar – 21 April 2022

We are pleased to invite the weightlifting community to the first webinar series organized by ITA on behalf of IWF in 2022. In the course of 5 weeks, 5 webinars are provided covering the key Anti-Doping areas. The fourth webinar information are the following: Topic: Principles and Values of Clean Sport (Including sanctions, consequences and speaking up) Date and time: 21 April 2022, 14:00-15:00 CET Registration link  The webinar will be in English and simultaneous translation will be provided in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. The athletes and athlete support personnel who take part in all 5 webinars will receive program completion