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IWF Electoral Congress

We trust this letter finds you in good health and offer our continued gratitude for your support of weightlifting. With this letter, we would like to give you further practical information to ensure the successful organization of the IWF Electoral Congress to be held between 2021 December 2021 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 2021 IWF Electoral Congress shall be held in person. Therefore, Member Federations are expected to send their delegations to Tashkent. We hereby remind you that the IWF will cover flight tickets for only one (1) delegate on the condition that the flight is booked by IWF. After your registration is complete on the e-entry platform, the IWF will provide you with your flight tickets. For those Member Federations with representatives already in Tashkent for the IWF World Weightlifting Championships, the IWF will not cover a flight ticket that would enable return journeys to be made to the country of origin for delegations during the short period between the IWF World Weightlifting Championships and the Electoral Congress. Accommodation Please note that the IWF will only cover three (3) nights for one (1) delegate in the official Hotels of the Electoral Congress which will be: International Hotel Tashkent and Radisson Blu Hotel. Second delegate – Accompanying Guests Please note for Second Delegates or Accompanying Guests‘ flight tickets and accommodation will not be covered by the IWF and shall be covered by attendees themselves.Accommodation rates are the following at the International Hotel Tashkent and Radisson Blu Hotel: Single Room – 180 USD/ per person/ per night Double Room – 160 USD/ per person / per night We are aware that in certain exceptional circumstances, some Member Federations, due to the situation of the pandemic, might be prevented from travelling to Tashkent. As an exceptional measure, in order to ensure that all Member Federations – even the absent ones – receive an equal opportunity to participate and vote in this important election, we shall provide those prevented with an opportunity to join the Congress in person via a special link. Please note, however, those Member Federations that shall use such opportunity will do so at their own risks and that the IWF shall not be liable for any claim resulting from any possible technical failures which will be deemed as a consequence of the Member Federation’s own decision to attend the Congress online based on the relevant circumstances.  Further details of the online attendance will be provided in due course to the Member Federations. DeadlineThe deadline to register is 25 November 2021. Delegates and appointment letterPlease note maximum two (2) delegates of your respective Federation are invited to attend the Congress in person. Please note only one delegate per Member Federations holds the voting right. Registration at the e-entryThe registration link is as follows: www.iwf.net/e-entry_2021congress/ Please do not forget to upload your official appointment letter, which can be downloaded from here. Please note the IWF only accepts this document filled in, signed and stamped by your own Federation. No other document as appointment letter will be accepted by the IWF. Waiver formIn case you wish to attend the Congress in person, please do not forget to upload your Waiver form which can be downloaded from here. Visa ApplicationPlease note your visa will be issued on arrival at the airport. In order to enter Uzbekistan you have to have a passport valid for six months before expiration. Please do not forget to upload your passport copy to the e-entry system. If you need invitation letter to start the visa procedures, please send a complete list of names with passport data, address in time to the Organizing Committee ([email protected]) for the issuance of invitation letters. TranslationTranslations shall be available throughout the whole Congress in 4 languages (Russian, Spanish, French, Arabic.) Contacts of the Local Organizing Committee:Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of UzbekistanTel: +998 71 245 55 90  or  +998 71 245 55 81Email: [email protected]  Weather conditions:Please note cold temperature (-10 Celsius) is expected in December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Please be prepared for wintertime weather conditions and make sure to bring warm clothes. Looking forward to seeing you at the IWF Electoral Congress in

REMINDER – DEADLINE FOR FINAL ENTRIES 2021 IWF WC

The deadline to finalize the entries for the 2021 IWF World Championships is tomorrow, 5 November 2021. The Member Federations are asked to make sure to delete those athletes who will not participate, then confirm the final entries by clicking on the "confirm final list" button on the IWF online entry system: IWF E-Entry System According to the IWF TCRR, Member Federations are able to select a maximum of 12 athletes (10+2 reserve) / gender - when applies - from their preliminary entries.The amended competition regulations can be found on the link below: Competition

IWF Announces First Athlete Elections

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has asked its member federations to submit nominations for the forthcoming Athletes Commission elections. The elections, a key step in implementing the governance reform adopted earlier this year, will take place during the IWF World Weightlifting Championships between 7 and 16 December in Tashkent.   Following the elections, the IWF will break new ground in athlete representation by having three athletes on the IWF Executive Board and also having three athletes as full voting members of the IWF Congress. “Thanks to the steps we have taken to adopt a new constitution and implement it, the IWF can say with certainty that athletes will be given a strong voice within IWF decision making and that there will be important new faces on the IWF Executive Board,” said IWF Interim President Dr. Michael Irani.  “I am deeply proud of the way we have been able to fully deliver on the expectations that the IWF would renew its governance, ensure clean weightlifting competition at the Tokyo 2020 and demonstrate a very different culture by having new faces on the Executive Board. I firmly believe that with these actions, the IWF will have secured weightlifting’s Olympic future.”  Candidates for election to the IWF Athletes Commission will be subject to the same strict eligibility criteria and verification procedures currently underway for the nominees submitted for election to the IWF Presidency, the IWF Vice Presidency and IWF Executive Board

2021 Anti-Doping Course by the Pan-American Weighlifting Federation

The Anti Doping Course 2021, organized by the Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PFLP) was held online from September 25 to October 16 this year.  The success of the event was reflected in the 24 participating countries. The commitment made by the federations, coaches and athletes shows that the importance of Anti-Doping doesn’t stop and the sport continues to learn from it.  The event was attended by professors Dr. Victor Carpio (Peru), Carlos Mora (Ecuador) and Nutritionist José Vargas (Chile) and as a special guest, Romina Chang who gave a lecture on ADAMS.  The course was in 3 languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish and there were a total of 170 students who received scholarships from the FPLP. The participating countries were the following (in alphabetical order): 1. Argentina 11. United States of America 21. Santa Lucia 2. Barbados 12. Guatemala 22. Trinidad & Tobago 3. Bolivia 13. Guyana 23. Uruguay 4. Brazil 14. Jamaica 24. Venezuela 5. Chile 15. Nicaragua   6. Colombia 16. Panama   7. Curacao 17. Paraguay   8. Ecuador 18. Peru   9. El Salvador 19. Puerto Rico   10. Spain 20. San Cristobal & Nieves     Certificates will be issued to the students participating in the course, certified by the Pan American Weightlifting Federation, the South American Weightlifting Confederation and the Weightlifting Coaches Social

Pan-American Federation 2021 Hall Of Fame Ceremony To Be Held On November 14th

The 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 14 online. The president of the PFLP, José Quiñones González, informed that the virtual Gala in its second edition will start from 4.00 pm (Lima time) and will be broadcasted through Zoom, YouTube and Facebook Live. Two legendary Trinidad and Tobago sports figures, weightlifters Rodney Adolphus Wilkes and Lennox Kilgour, were the athletes honored posthumously on this occasion. Representatives from Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Colombia were honored in the categories of Athletes, Leader, International Technical Official and Coach. According to information from the FPLP Hall of Fame Commission, these personalities were nominated "after the nomination process, confirmation of achievements and internal voting". Andrés Vargas of Puerto Rico was selected as Leader; Iván Román of Cuba and Doris Marrero of Venezuela as Official; and Luis Carlos Arrieta and Jaiber Manjarrez of Colombia as Coach. Rodney A. Wilkes (1925 - 2014) (TTO), won two Olympic medals in two different Games. He was the first athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win an Olympic medal when he won the silver medal at the London 1948 Olympic Games in the featherweight division won by the Egyptian Mahmoud Fayad with an Olympic and world record. In the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, he was bronze medal behind the Soviet Rafael Chimishkyany Nikolai Saksonov. In the 1956 Melbourne Games he was fourth. In 1951 Wilkes won the gold medal at the first Pan American Games in Buenos Aires. In 1946 he became internationally known with his first place in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. He also won gold at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Lennox Kilgour (1927- 2004) (TTO), won the bronze medal in the medium heavyweight category at the 1952 Olympic Games, was silver medalist at the 1951 Pan American Games and at the 1954 Commonwealth Games. Andrés Vargas (PUR), has been the president of the Puerto Rican Weightlifting Federation since 1996 and has also held international positions as President of the PFLP and member of the EC of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). His legacy includes the creation of the Criollo Weightlifting Tournament, now in its 36th edition, and the founding of the first weightlifting cooperative. Under his presidency, the Olympic presence of Puerto Rican weightlifters was boosted. Vargas is a symbol of weightlifting in Puerto Rico. Doris Zoraida Marrero (VEN), is an experienced referee, pedagogue and graduate in Physical Education and Sports Techniques and has had a recognized performance in the international arena in several Central American and Caribbean Games, Bolivarian Games, South American Games, Pan American Games, world tournaments and in the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Iván Román (CUB), has a long and fruitful career as a coach, professor and researcher in the field of sports. In 1983 he obtained the scientific degree of Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences with his thesis Methodology of training in the competitive period for weightlifters with high mastery. Category One International Referee. He is the only Cuban official designated by the IWF as referee in three Olympic Games: 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. He has been an official and referee in more than 60 international tournaments and multidisciplinary games. Luis Carlos Arrieta (COL), as a coach, has played a relevant role in Colombia's international successes in recent years. His pupils have won multiple medals in the World Championships as in the 2019 version. Also noteworthy are the medals won at the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 and the one recently won at the Olympic tournament in Tokyo. Jaiber Manjarrez (COL), biologist-coach, has been an equally successful coach with contributions to training for both high performance and early ages. His experience in the training process has resulted in the benefit of several generations of Colombian Olympic weightlifters such as Oscar Figueroa, Diego Salazar and Javier Mosquera among the most recent figures. The FPLP Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 2020 as one of the initiatives implemented by the Pan American Weightlifting Federation as a project of encouragement and recognition in the midst of the negative effects of the terrible global pandemic. The continental weightlifting family has welcomed this idea and is confident of the growing support of all national federations in the region. Source:

ITO Nomination – 2021 IWF World Championships

The deadline for the ITO nomination for the 2021 IWF World Championships (7-17 December 2021) is Monday,  18 October 2021. As usual, Member Federations are able to nominate 1 male, 1 female TO and 2 Competition Doctor for the Event. The nominated personnel must be a Category 1 International Technical Officials with a valid licence for 2021-2024, or Competition Doctors with Certificate of Duty with a valid licence for 2021-2024. The TO nomination form can be found here, and the completed nomination form shall be returned via email to the following e-mail address:  [email protected]  The Competition documents are available