WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING goes online!
Today, the IWF’s 35-year old quarterly magazine WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING goes online. View, read or download WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING #135 in English, Spanish or Russian. To receive a printed copy please register
EWF Technical Officials’ Seminar in Kosice
The EWF held a Seminar for Technical Officials in Kosice on 6th and 7th November 2015. The Seminar was fully covered by funds coming from the IWF Development Program. It was a very interesting and interactive seminar with the participation of 19 National Federations. The speakers were Mr. Benny Johansson (SWE), Mr. Steve Cannon (GBR), EWF Vice Presidents and Ms. Denise Offermann (CYP), General Secretary of the National Federation of Cyprus. Among other topics, the psychological aspects of being a TO, the main changes of the technical rules since the Congress of Baku and the duties of the TOs were also discussed. Before the Seminar there was an official reception hosted by the Mayor of Kosice, Mr. Richard Rasi at the historical Town Hall. The IWF was represented by Mr. Attila Adamfi, Director General and Ms. Eva Moska, Development and Education Director. Ms Reiko Chinen, IWF Technical Committee Member and Chair of the Technical Committee of the Asian Weightlifting Federation was also present. The IWF would like to thank the Slovakian Weightlifting Federation for the wonderful organization of the
Final Entries for Houston are up
5 London Olympic Champions and 10 Almaty World Champions announced to compete The Final Entry List for the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA has been published on our website. As Qualification Event for the 2016 Olympic Games, this competition is the most important milestone on the road leading to Rio. The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will stage from 20-28 November the 82nd Men’s and 25th Women’s World Championships. The Verification of the Final Entries will set the final numbers on 18 November at 18:00, but according to the Final Entries, we have now 745 athletes from 105 countries who will compete in Houston. Paris 2011 topped the number of participating countries with 87, and Athens 1999 topped the participating athletes with 626 lifters. Considering the impressive figures, the Record participation is still expected. The 2015 IWF World Championships will showcase countries never or rarely seen on the occasion of such competition: Afghanistan, Curacao, Estonia, Guam, Kiribati, Kosovo, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cook Islands, Aruba, Island, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Solomon Islands. 5 London 2012 Olympic Champions are announced: W63kg MANEZA Maiya (KAZ) – now in 69kg making her debut after maternity break W75kg PODOBEDOVA Svetlana (KAZ) – 1st competition since London 2012 M56kg OM Yun Chol (PRK) M62kg KIM Un Guk (PRK) M77kg LU Xiaojun (CHN) 10 World Championships Title defenders will be there from the 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty, KAZ: W58kg DENG Mengrong (CHN) W63kg DENG Wei (CHN) W69kg RYO Un Hui (PRK) W75kg EVSTIUKHINA Nadezhda (RUS) W+75kg KASHIRINA Tatiana (RUS) M56kg OM Yun Chol (PRK) M62kg KIM Un Guk (PRK) M85kg ROSTAMI Kianoush (IRI) M94kg KYDYRBAYEV Zhassulan (KAZ) M+105kg ALBEGOV Ruslan (RUS) Among others, we will miss: 2008 Olympic Champion LIAO Hui (CHN), 2012 Olympic Champion SALIMIKORDASIABI Behdad (IRI) who will not compete due to an injury as well as two times Olympic Champion ILYIN Ilya (KAZ), 2012 Olympic Champion CHINSHANLO Zulfiya (KAZ) and 2012 Olympic Champion ZHOU Lulu (CHN). The list contains all the Athletes who were entered as possible participants for the Event, however the IWF retains the right to decide on the athletes’ and MFs' eligibility in line with the respective IWF Rules and
IWF visit in Rome
Upon the invitation of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) President, Giovanni Malago and Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPE) President, Dr. Antonio Urso, IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan accompanied by Attila Adamfi, Director General and Eva Moska, Development and Education Director paid a visit to Rome. Discussions were held on candidature of Rome for the 2024 Olympic Games, especially about the concept of the weightlifting competitions at the Games. After discussions at CONI the headquarter of the Italian team, the weightlifting facility at the Olympic Training Center was also visited. Photo (from left to right): Giovanni Malago, CONI President, Eva Moska, IWF Development and Education Director, Antonio Urso, Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPE) President, Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Roberto Fabbricini, CONI Secretary General and Attila Adamfi, IWF Director
Successful IWF Anti-Doping Seminar in Pyongyang
Dr. Patrick Schamasch, Anti-Doping Commission Chairman paid a visit to Pyongyang, capital city of North Korea to hold an IWF Education Seminar. In presence of 40 attendees, coaches, doctors and officials, the Anti-Doping seminar took place on 22nd of September at the Sport Village. The comprehensive presentation covered all areas of the IWF’s robust anti-doping fight with special attention to nutritional supplements and the specificities of the new Anti-Doping Policy. Due to the entourage registration and complex result management procedures, the IWF’s Anti-Doping fight is stronger than ever. A question and answer session concluded the two hours lecture, and Dr. Schamasch was happy to give broader views about questions of common interest like roles and responsibilities as well as rights. This was the second Seminar held in North Korea in the past period, and prevention a main point of focus while the ADC gives special attention to the education of the
Deadline Reminder: 2015 IWF World Championships Houston Final Entries
Member Federations are herewith reminded that the deadline for submitting the Final Entries to the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA is running out tomorrow! Please submit your Final Entries without any regard to your current VISA status. In case you have not yet submitted the Final Entry, here is your last chance to do
