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PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
IWF reports that the urine sample of Ms. Ana Victoria RODRIGUEZ ARAYA (CRC) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Clostebol (S1.1 Anabolic Agents). As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published. IWF will not make any further comments on the case until it is
WHEREABOUTS REMINDER Q1
This is a reminder that every Athlete included in the International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) shall submit their whereabouts information through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) throughout the whole year on a quarterly basis. The deadline to submit for the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 is 31 December 2018. Please also note that Athletes who are not included in the IRTP but wish to compete at IWF Events shall provide whereabouts information for at least the two-months period prior to the Event. In case of an IWF World Championships the length of this period is three months. Athletes who do not fulfil these criteria shall not be eligible to compete at the IWF Event in question. Should you encounter any technical difficulties please contact us immediately through [email protected]. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube
Elections of the South American Weightlifting Confederation
On December 6th, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the South American Weightlifting Confederation (CSLP) carried out the election of the new Executive Board. With the presence of all the 11 CSLP Member Federations and representatives of federations of Spain and USA, the Congress was opened by the President of the Olympic Committee of Ecuador, Dr. Augusto Morón, who highlighted how strong weightlifting is in South America and wished good luck to all the participants. For the first time in the history of CSLP, two ladies were elected as vice-presidents. Doris Marrero, representing Venezuela and Claudelina Montiel from Paraguay. The complete Executive Board 2018-2022 is now conformed as follows: President: José Quiñonez (PER) First Vice-President: William Peña (COL) General Secretary: Italo Barattini (CHI) Vice President: Julio Lezama (URU) Vice President: Doris Marrero (VEN) Vice President: Claudelina Montiel (PAR) Treasurer: Luis Zambrano (ECU) Technical Committee Chairman: Marcelo Melnick (ARG) — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter
5th International Qatar Cup
The 5th International Qatar Cup kicked off today in Doha with a total of 117 participants (61 woman and 56 men). The three-day event will end this Sunday (23 December). The Start Book can be downloaded here, and LIVE STREAM is also available. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter
Meeting of the Constitution Modification Working Group
The Working Group appointed by the IWF Executive Board to study and elaborate on the proposals submitted for the modification of the IWF Constitution and By-Laws sat down to the work in Budapest on 12th and 13th December 2018. Attended by Working Group members Mr. Petr Krol, Vice President, Ms. Karoliina Lundahl and Mr. Maxim Agapitov, Executive Board Members, chaired by IWF Vice President Mr. José Quinones and assisted by Maitre Francois Carrard as Legal Advisor, Mr. Attila Ádámfi, Director General and Ms. Anikó Németh-Móra, Director as coordinator of the Group, the meeting served the mission assigned by the Executive Board to start the procedure of updating the IWF's basic documents, a process that will culminate in the Congress at Pattaya in September next
Get to know… Rebeka Koha
Name: Rebeka Koha D.O.B: 19 May 1998 Nationality: Latvian Bodyweight Category: 59kg Major Medals (Total): 18 (youth, junior and senior) Personal Bests: Snatch: 103kg Clean and Jerk: 124kg Total: 227kg [caption id="attachment_25633" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Rebeka Koha at the 2018 IWF World Championships[/caption] -- CAREER 1. Snatch or clean & jerk? Clean & Jerk. 2. What do you like to listen to when training? I don’t listen to music when I’m in training. 3. How many hours a week do you spend in the gym? 18 hours. 4. What’s your favourite aspect of training? My favourite aspect of training is when my coach explains clean and jerk techniques to me. 5. Which aspect of training do you hate the most? Learning snatch technique! 6. If there was one thing you could improve about your technique, what would it be? I would improve my clean technique. 7. What is your most memorable lift? My 120kg clean & jerk lift at last year’s Junior World Championships. Because of that lift, I won my first world champion title and it looked so awesome - two 25kg plates on each side of the barbell! 8. What achievements will allow you to retire happy? If I said all of them, I would be lying. Sometimes I know that I did less than I could, but I’m grateful for these failures, because that’s how I get to the podium’s highest step. I hope that I have learned from the failures and now will be only the best. 9. Knowing what you know now, what one thing would you change in your first training routines? Actually, I would take something from my first training routines and bring it back. Now I’m lazier than before, because I’m always tired of the hard work we do. At the start I was more hard working because it was only the beginning. Now that I know how hard it is, it’s harder for me to withstand all of this work. 10. Who is the greatest weightlifter of all time? I will not say that there is one who is better than another. In every timeline there are athletes who are at the top: Yury Zakharevich, Ronny Weller, Halil Mutlu, “The Pocket Hercules”, Pyrros Dimas, Viktor Scerbatih, Lasha Talakhadze and many others, but with time they will change. In my opinion there is not one best, there are many. 11. What is the most important thing needed to be an Olympic weightlifter? Be brave and believe in yourself. [caption id="attachment_25634" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rebeka at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships[/caption] -- PERSONAL 1. Describe yourself in 3 words. Strong. Funny. Brave. 2. What other sports do you like to play? Basketball, tennis and boxing. 3. What is your favourite meal? Beef fillet. 4. If you could only eat one type of cuisine for the rest of your life, what would it be? European cuisine. 5. Describe your perfect day off. I would like to sleep for as long as I want and then time with my family and friends! 6. Which person, dead or alive, would you like to have a conversation with? Conor McGregor. 7. Name one skill you would like to learn. I would like to learn to juggle. 8. Which is the one place you would like to visit? Hawaii 9. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Don’t listen to other opinions and do what you want to do. If you decide to do something - do it, because we should all live our lives how WE want to not how OTHERS want us to. See Rebeka's results from the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat here. Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter
