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Elections – Brazilian Weightlifting Federation (CBLP)

The General Assembly of the Brazilian Weightlifting Federation (CBLP) re-elected, this Saturday (27th), Mr. Enrique Montero for the Presidency for the next four years and the Vice President is Mrs. Maria Clara Sampaio Fonseca Gomes. The election took place in person, at CBLP headquarters, in Belo Horizonte (MG), and virtual, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After the end of the meeting, Enrique Montero thanked the community for their participation in the process and made a request for everyone to be together looking for the best for the weightlifting. “It was a democratic, transparent election, where everyone had access to full documents and notices. It was the first election with the presence of an Independent Electoral Commission and we had the presence of athletes (33%) in the electoral congress. I think that, from now we need to think that we have four years ahead of us and many challenges. The participation of the entire community will be fundamental for the growth of our sport ”, he said. Source: Brazilian Weightlifting

Outcomes of the IWF Executive Board Meeting – 27 February 2021

Following the IWF Executive Board meeting on 27 February 2021, the undermentioned letter has been sent out to IOC and all involved parties in relation to the decision made during the

Eligibility Determination Panel members have been announced

Sport Resolutions (SR) has independently appointed the members of the Eligibility Determination Panel (EDP) which will undertake the eligibility determination of candidates for election to the IWF Board and committees in respect of the March 2021 elections. The Panel is constituted of the following individuals: • HH Phillip Sycamore CBE (GBR) • Dr Tanja Haug (GER) • The Honourable Yves Fortier QC (CAN) • Susan Ahern (IRL) • Dr Thomas H. Murray (USA) The EDP members were drawn from SR’s Panel of Arbitrators at its entire discretion, and were required to complete a declaration of independence prior to any eligibility assessment being undertaken and keep that position under review throughout the process. His Honour Phillip Sycamore CBE is a retired judge, most recently sitting as Deputy Vice-President of Tribunals, President (First-tier Tribunal Health, Education and Social Care Chamber), and Circuit Judge. He previously chaired the (then) Football League Arbitration Tribunal. His current roles include Senior Judicial Appointments Commissioner and Member of the Queens Council Appointments Panel. Dr Tanja Haug is a licensed attorney and has a doctorate in sports science. She specialises in sports law, and acts as an arbitrator at the German Court of Arbitration for Sports, among other bodies. For several years, Dr Haug was legal advisor and head of the anti-doping department of the German Athletics Federation, and Chair of the federation’s disciplinary committee. Most recently, she was a member of the International Biathlon Union External Review Commission. The Honourable Yves Fortier QC is recognised as one of the top arbitrators in the world. He has served as chairman, president, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator on numerous international and national arbitral tribunals. He previously served as Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, as well as Canada’s Representative on the Security Council of the UN, prior to being President of the Council. He has also been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, President of the LCIA, and served as Chairman of the Sanctions Committee of the World Bank. Susan Ahern is a qualified practising barrister specialising in arbitration, regulation and sports law. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a member of the Professional Conduct committees of a number of Irish regulatory bodies. She was the Lead Drafter on the 2020 World Anti-Doping Agency International Standard for Testing & Investigations, was previously Head of Legal and Legislative Affairs at World Rugby, and established the World Rugby Integrity Unit and the first Anti-Corruption Programme for the Ruby World Cup. Dr. Tom Murray is the President Emeritus of the Hastings Center, an interdisciplinary research institute which addresses social and ethical issues in health care, science, and technology. He serves on many editorial boards and has been president of the Society for Health and Human Values and of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Murray is a member of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal since 2017, and served as Chair of the Ethical Issues Review Panel for WADA between 2004 - 2015. Dr. Murray is the author or editor of several books and more than 250 other publications. His most recent book is Good Sport: Why Our Games Matter — and How Doping Undermines Them, published in 2018. For future updates, you can visit this webpage. Source: Sport

Pan American Federation and South American Confederation – Weightlifting E-Learning Platform

In a joint project, the Pan American Federation and South American Weightlifting Confederation are introducing their new E-Learning Platform. The idea is to offer information and tools for improving the knowledge of our sports and other associated topics. The platform is tailored not only to the weightlifting family, but also offers an open channel for promotional possibilities. It is planned to offer such subjects like training, coaching, technical officials, doping, medicine and sports psychology; and different tools, such as courses, seminars or round tables. In the near future the platform hopefully becomes a knowledge center, with a big library, including videos, PPTs (Power Point presentations), professional papers and other valuable sources. First of all at the moment the platform offers the following course for coaches: A Level 2 course for coaches, which is a classic, interactive course provided by various experts on the field. It is developed by the South American Coaches Association, and available in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Secondly it also offers a basic course for people without knowledge of our sport. The main goal is to increase the popularity of the sport, explaining in a short and simple way general aspects of weightlifting. There are five modules in the course: General information: origin and history, important dates, regulatory bodies. How to compete: the flow of the competition, the snatch, the clean and jerk. Technical officials: different roles, incorrect movements Technique and training: the importance of technique, a general idea of training. Other information: participants, disc colors, myths and facts, etc. Each of the sections begins with a motivational video, the corresponding texts, links for people who are interested in further information, and a questionnaire of 10 questions. In total there are fifty questions for the entire course. The course is presented in Spanish and English, and it is free. Thirdly the platform offers help in the preparation for TO's examination. The official IWF examination is presented in web format, so, any technical official can complete it from any place and in the future it would be possible to review periodically if technical officials have full knowing of the rules or not. In order to preserve transparency, they added 20 extra questions. Altogether there are 120 questions available. From these 120 questions, the system chooses 100 questions randomly. By this method, the questions and their order change every time. The order of the possible answers also change every time the same question comes up. Currently it is only used as a training tool, but they believe that in the future it will allow for checking and monitoring the TO’s knowledge. Further information can be found on the following link: https://youtu.be/HddgYTEcORY Source: Pan-American Federation and South American

Case of Multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation referred to the Independent Member Federation Sanctioning Panel

Yesterday, the ITA has informed the Romanian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) that its case was being referred to the Independent Member Federation Sanctioning Panel (Independent Panel) to impose sanctions against the RWF as a consequence of multiple Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) committed by athletes of the RWF. For more information see here. Source: International Testing

Sport Resolutions to operate the Eligibility Determination Panel commissioned by the IWF

We are delighted to announce that Sport Resolutions will be operating the Eligibility Determination Panel (EDP) commissioned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). The EDP will: undertake the eligibility determination of candidates for election to the IWF Board and committees in respect of the March 2021 elections operate pursuant to and in accordance with part C of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission Interim Rules which have been amended by the IWF Executive Board to provide it with the necessary jurisdiction to act in lieu of the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission Sport Resolutions (SR) will: independently be appointing the members of the EDP - which will constitute up to 5 individuals - drawn from SR’s Panel of Arbitrators at its entire discretion. Members will be required to complete a declaration of independence prior to any eligibility assessment being undertaken and keep that position under review throughout the process. act as Secretariat to the EDP in the course of this appointment. The EDP will perform its function entirely independently of the IWF, and will not be tasked with assessing the legality, validity or enforceability of the criteria, nor that of any of the IWF rules, Constitution or By-laws. For future updates including the EDP’s composition and terms of reference you can visit this webpage here. Notes to editor On 12th February 2021, the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission unanimously decided to request the IWF Executive Board to fully delegate the functions of the EDP to an independent panel to be appointed by Sport Resolutions. The Ethics and Disciplinary Commission also recommended amendment of the EDC Rules accordingly. Further to recommendations made by the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission, the IWF Executive Board has approved some changes to the Interim Rules. These provide the necessary jurisdiction for the EDP to fulfil its function, and provide clarification regarding the process including timelines for the EDP’s eligibility determination process. Source: Sport