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START BOOK published for the 2015 IWF Grand Prix

The Start Book of the IWF Grand Prix Fuzhou, CHN is now published on the IWF website. The competition will start with 63 athletes from 12 countries participating in the competition covering 4 continents with 26 Women and 37 Men. World and Olympic Champions will compete at this Olympic Qualification Event. China brought a strong team: LIAO Hui (CHN) Olympic Champion in 2008 and World Champion in 2009, 2013 LU Haojie (CHN) Silver Medallist at the 2012 Olympic Games DING Jianjun (CHN) World Champion in 2009, Bronze Medallist in 2014 ZHANG Jie (CHN) World Champion in 2011 and several times Asian Champion ZHONG Guoshun (CHN) World Champion in 2014 LI Ping (CHN) Several times World and Asian Champion LI Yajun (CHN) World Champion in 2013 Strong results are also expected from the participating athletes such as: YUFKIN Alexey (RUS) European Champion in 2009 and 2011 IRAWAN Eko Yuli (INA) Bronze Medallist at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games SCARANTINO Mirco (ITA) European Junior Champion in 2013 and 2014 PETROV Sergey (RUS) Junior European Champion in 2014 KHOMYAKOV Dmitry (RUS) Junior World Champion in 2012 and European Champion in 2013 KINGUE MATAM Bernardin Ledoux (FRA) 2014 FISU World Champion OZKAN KONAK Sibel (TUR) European Champion in 2015 Silver Medallist in 2010 and 2014 Worlds DAENGSRI Nawaporn (THA) Youth World Champion in 2015 SUTANAN Kittima (THA) 2014 FISU World Champion Some of the sessions will be LIVE on CNTV5, while others will be broadcasted with delay. Monday 21.09 W 48kg A and W 53kg A 14:30 LIVE TV BROADCAST Monday 21.09 M 56kg A and 62kg A 19:30 Delayed Tuesday 22.09 W 58kg and W 63kg A 14:30 LIVE TV BROADCAST Tuesday 22.09 M 69kg A and M 77kg A 19:00 LIVE TV BROADCAST Wednesday 23.09 M 85kg A 15:00 LIVE TV BROADCAST Wednesday 23.09 W 69kg A 17:30 Check out the START

IWF Anti-Doping Seminar in Fuzhou

Prior to the 2015 IWF Grand Prix Fuzhou, CHN, the Organizing Committee together with the IWF organized an Anti-Doping Seminar for the participants of the event. In presence of representatives from all countries competing, Dr. Patrick Schamasch, Anti-Doping Commission Chairman gave a full overview about the responsibilities of the different organizations involved in the fight against doping. The lecture included comprehensive information about the IWF’s fight against doping, athlete’s entourage, causes and consequences of using prohibited substances as well as the importance of protecting the clean sport. With about 35 team leader, coach, athlete participating, the spotlight was given to prevention and to the importance of education. The topic of athlete’s biological passport was also explained. A question and answer session concluded the lecture, and Dr. Schamash was happy to give broader views about questions of common interest like roles and responsibilities as well as

2015 IWF Grand Prix Fuzhou about to kick off

The Organizing Committee proceeds to the finalization of the last details prior to start the 2015 IWF Grand Prix – second edition since the first in 2011. The Invitational event is held in Fuzhou from and is an Individual Qualification Event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The competition is staged at the Mawei Gymnasium Fuzhou. Athletes will compete in the following bodyweight categories: Men: 56kg, 62kg, 69kg, 77kg, 85kg Women: 48kg, 53kg, 58g, 63kg, 69kg This is the first time that such an impressive amount is given out as Prize Money during and IWF Grand Prix Event: in total 160.000 USD plus World Record bonus will be awarded to the winners. The Entries are published on the IWF website, while the Start List will be available after the Verification of the Final Entries on 20 September. Competition will be broadcasted LIVE on CCTV! Stay tuned for more

Celebrating 120 years of weightlifting in Ukraine

On September 11th, the Khmelnytskyy new sports club "Epitsenr" welcomed the 120th anniversary of weightlifting in Ukraine. At the gala, held under the patronage of the President of Weightlifting Federation of Ukraine Oleksandr Gerega and honorary president of the sports club "Epicenter" Galina Gerega, major sport personalities gathered together. The International Weightlifting Federation was represented by the President Dr. Tamas Ajan, while personalities as Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Ihor Zhdanov, President of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee and IOC Executive Board Member Sergey Bubka were also present. Also event was attended by athletes, coaches, politicians and Olympic Champions forging the past and present of weightlifting in Ukraine. The best of the best were awarded in five categories: "Outstanding coaches and athletes of today", "The future of weightlifting, coaches and athletes", "Famous veterans, coaches, organizers, judges", "Famous athletes of the past" and "For the promotion of weightlifting Ukraine". Honored guests congratulated all members of the Ukrainian weightlifting family on this great occasion for the tremendous work they are doing for the promotion of the sport. All the guests expressed their gratitude to President of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation Alexander Gerega and honorary president of the sports club "Epicenter" Galina Gerega, for promoting the construction of new modern sports facilities and for promoting weightlifting in Ukraine. Winning altogether 59 medals since 1991, Ukrainian athletes are aiming for the 60th one in Houston on the occasion of the 2015 IWF World

2015 IWF World Championships Preliminary Entry Forms Deadline

The deadline for the Preliminary Entry Forms to the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA is 10th September 2015. We invite all National Federations to send their Preliminary Entry Forms to the USA Organizing Committee ([email protected]) and to the IWF Secretariat ([email protected]) before

Hungary takes honours at inaugural V4 Cup

The Czech Weightlifting Federation, under the leadership of Petr Krol, President, hosted the inaugural edition of the "Visegrad 4 Cup" in Prague, beautiful capital of the Czech Republic. History, geography and a thousand other threads bind the four countries involved in this originally political conglomeration called the "Visegrad 4": Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The four Weightlifting Federations concerned initiated the V4 Weightlifting Cup among the first to demonstrate their cooperation also in the field of sport. Both the IWF and the EWF embraced the new concept of the Cup and their support was symbolized by the presence of IWF President Dr Tamás Aján and EWF General Secretary Hasan Akkus. Among the 4 teams Hungary excelled taking both the Team Trophy and the individual Male Best Lifter cups (Péter Nagy, +105kg). The best Female Lifter of the V4 Cup became Lenka Kenisová, CZE,