IWF COMPETITION
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XI. Mediterranean Cup, Ljubljana SLO
The 11th edition of Mediterranean Cup was held last weekend in the capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana. More then 30 years passed since the last international competition was hosted by the Slovenian Federation and it proved to be a big test especially for the President, Damjan Canzek, and General Secretary, Slavko Laljek. The Opening ceremony showed a nice demonstration of home support from the young delegates as the President of the NOC, Mr. Bogdan Gabrovec, and Vice Mayor of Ljubljana Mr. Dejan Crnek, were invited to say a few words before the event. Mr. Attila Adamfi, IWF General Director was also present as honorable guest to show the support for Slovenian weightlifting. On Friday we had an opportunity to hear how to mentally prepare an athlete for the competition by an expert on that field and author of bestseller “Atleta Vincente” Mr. Massimo Binelli from Italy. On Saturday twelve countries participated with 48 athletes. That’s the highest number of participants ever for Mediterranean Cup. They were placed into five groups so the competition was ongoing for the whole Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm. Competition was right on schedule with no delays and great atmosphere was created by the crowd who cheered loudly for lifters that gave their best. At the end we had a strong competition between Italy and Serbia for the first place. Serbia won for only 10 Sinclair points in front of Italy and third place belonged to Slovenian team. “It was the best organized competition in my whole career as athlete and coach!” said Darov Konstantine, Tunisian head coach. “We are waiting with anticipation for next year Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain and we hope to continue to compete in that high level of international competition that Slovenian Weightlifting Federation has set here in Ljubljana!” was the last encouraging words for all delegations from president of Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation Mr. Maurizio Lo Buono. Source: Damjan Čanžek, President of Slovenian
IWF Development Program, Coach Seminar
An international seminar for trainers was held in Košice under the framework of the IWF development program called “Myths and facts about doping”. The seminar was held in the premises of the Gloria Palace Hotel on 18 November, 2017. Seminar topics were lectured by representatives from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Bratislava, Dr.Sedliak Milan, Dr. Buzgó Gabriel, Mgr. Matej Vajda, Mgr. Michal Králik, Mgr. Michal Pokusa from the Czech Republic lecturers Mgr. Tereza Králová and Mgr. Petr Krol and the Slovak anti-doping committee lecturer MU Dr. Ľubomír. The seminar was attended by IWF Vice-President Mr. Krol and more than 30 participants. Source: Korpa
Weightlifting Technical Course for Coaches in Lao
Due to the generous support of the Olympic Solidarity and IWF the Lao Weightlifting Federation was able to organize Technical Course for Coaches in Weightlifting for 20 participants including coaches, PE teachers and athletes. The seminar took place at the Lao National Sports Training Center in capital Vientiane, Lao PDR between 13-17 November 2017. The expert was Maj. Dr. Aphinya Dattuyawat (THA) former Asian Champion, Olympic Lifter & Thailand Olympic Coach and IWF Certified Lecturer. Additional support was received by Mr.Winai Khamjeensri (THA) Senior professional level teacher and 1st coach of Gold medalist Olympic Games Athens 2004 (Pawina Thongsuk) - an experienced coach from 1992 till now. The following topics were covered in the course: Safety in Weightlifting, Principal of Coaching and How to Warm up & Basic Preparation Exercise, Workshop in Warm up & Basic Preparation Exercise, Introduction of Clean&Jerk and Clean&Jerk Technic and Assistant Exercise, Workshop in Technic & Exercise for Clean and Jerk Exercise, Introduction of Snatch and The Snatch Technic and Assistant Exercise, Workshop in The Snatch Technic and Assistant Exercise, 2017 Technical and competition rules & Regulation, Weightlifting Competition, Workshop in Weightlifting Competition, Test in Theory & Evaluation in Snatch and Clean&Jerk. The seminar was a big success and all participants enjoyed it. There were also interesting discussions among participants after the presentations. All participants passed the score over 80% at the practical and theoretical examination. The Lao Weightlifting Federation would like to thank Olympic Solidarity and IWF also TAWA for the support to this valuable
X. International Tournament Vladan Mihajlovic Memorial and IWF Course
X. International Tournament Vladan Mihajlovic Memorial was held in Indjija (SRB), on 4th November, 2017. Athletes from 9 countries participated at the competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Israel, Hungary, Uganda, Malta, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia, in total 27 athletes. The winner for the female category (calculated by Sincler points) was Yazmin ZAMMIT STEVENS (MLT), followed by Marina OHMAN (ISR) and Nastasja STESL (SLO). Winner for the male category was Nenad KUZIC (SRB), followed by Stevan VLADISAVLJEV (SRB) and Vilmos Marcell BOJTI (HUN). The winner team was Serbia (Tamara ZIVKOVIC and Nenad KUZIC), followed by Israel (Marina OHMAN and Bar LEWI) and Hungary (Veronika MITYKO and Vilmos Marcell BOJTI). Mr. Milan Predojevic, President of the Indjija Municipal Assembly, opened the Competition and awarded the winner team. The IWF Course for Technical Officials, as part of IWF Development Program, was organized from 2nd to 5th November 2017, also in Indjija (SRB). Course Directors, IWF Experts were Jesmond CARUANA (MLT) and Salim Musoke SSEMPEREZA (UGA). About 20 domestic and 30 foreign participants participated. Experts from Belgrade Faculty for Sport also gave lectures. Technical Rules together with video analyse of competition attempts were in focus. Practical part of course was conducting during X. International Tournament Vladan Mihajlovic. Memorial and referee examination for two candidates was organized. Viktoria Litvinov (ISR) and Bruno Svara (SLO) successfully passed the exam for International Referee category 2. Serbian Weightlifting Federation is thankful to all participants, but especially to IWF for supporting Technical Officials Course and Competition. Such activities significantly contribute development of national weightlifting federations. Source: Prof. Dr. MILAN V. MIHAJLOVIC President, Serbian Weightlifting Federation IWF TC member EWF CR&SC
Olympic weightlifter auctions his gold medal for Iran quake victims
What would you sell your gold medal for? Check out Kianoush Rostami's reason! Iran's Olympic weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami has put his gold medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of Sunday's earthquake which left at least 452 people dead in Iran and Iraq. The 7.3-magnitude quake that struck in the remote border area between Iran and Iraq late Sunday left thousands of people injured hundreds of villages destroyed. The earthquake, the deadliest of the year, was felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan. Rostami, who won gold at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, says the disaster has left him desperate to help those affected. "I consider it my duty to take a step, however small, to help my beloved fellow countrymen who have suffered as a result of the quake," Rostami said, according to Iran's semi-official state news agency Tasnim. "I am returning the gold medal, which is theirs by right, to my people. I will auction off the medal and use the proceeds to help the quake victims." According to Tasnim, which quotes the Iranian sports ministry's website, a number of top athletes and sports celebrities are set to meet at Tehran's Shiroudi stadium on Wednesday to raise money for earthquake victims. Iran sits on a major fault line between the Arabian and Eurasian plates and has experienced a number of earthquakes in the past. The deadliest this century occurred in 2003 when a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the southeastern city of Bam, killing some 26,000 people. Shirzad Bozorgmehr in Tehran contributed to this article. Source:
