OWF Newsletter
Check out the latest OWF newsletter which includes some great shots of the Oceania Championships held in Brisbane on July 10-14. OWF
Glasgow’s One-Year Countdown
Six-time Olympian and double Commonwealth Gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy today (Tuesday 23 July) fired off a festival day of sporting and interactive fun in Glasgow as the city and Scotland celebrated the magical one-year milestone to the Commonwealth Games. Sir Chris kick-started a day of celebration by supporting a people’s Glasgow 2014 Cycle Challenge and a Breakfast of Champions with lucky sports fans in the middle of the city’s main shopping zone, Buchanan Street. Glasgow 2014’s cheeky mascot, Clyde, also took to the streets to join dancers, musicians and street performers in showcasing how vibrant and fun the city will feel at Games time. At the heart of the day’s action was the unveiling of the Glasgow 2014 Official Ticketing Guide – the route to up to one million seats at the heart of the Games live action, across 17 sports. The Ticketing Guide, featuring stunning athletic imagery from across the sports programme, sets out full details how everyone can be part of an accessible and affordable Commonwealth Games. From today 350,000 copies of the guide will be available across Scotland and online at www.glasgow2014.com/tickets Sir Chris joined Team Scotland athletes, Glasgow 2014 Chairman Lord Smith and Games Partners for its official launch. Ticketing for the Games goes live on Monday August 19, when sports fans can make their ticket choices. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of Glasgow 2014, said: “Today marks a special moment in the journey towards the biggest sporting and cultural festival Glasgow and Scotland has ever hosted. “With one year to go, the Organising Committee is making great strides towards our ultimate goal of delivering an outstanding Games for the athletes of the Commonwealth”. Read more
American Samoa weightlifting team returns home with three medals
The American Samoa weightlifting team have returned to Pago Pago with three medals after competing at the Oceania Junior and Youth Championship held in Brisbane, Australia last week. Local lifter Pita Fanolua Jr, who competed in the men’s 77kg bodyweight category won the gold medal and female lifter Temple Fuimaono, who competed in the women’s +75kg bodyweight category won a silver and a bronze. Samoa News quotes team coach Faafouina Popoali’i saying that it’s a great feeling for him to be part of this team who won three medals for American Samoa. He says it wasn’t an easy task as there were a lot of top lifters from several countries competing in the tournament. Popoali’i says that though this was the first competition for some of the six-member team, all of them put up their best during the competition and they’re looking forward to competing at next year’s tournament hosted by Samoa. Source:
President of Kyrgyzstan awarded athletes
CA-NEWS (KG) - President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambaev met with prize winners of Asian Games and FISU Universiade. The President presented watches with inscribed names and 31 cash gifts to winners and prize holders of the Asian Boxing Championship in Indonesia, Asian Indoor Games in South Korea, Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship, Asian Wrestling Championship in Thailand, and World Student Games. Gold medal winners received cash gift of 150,000 som, silver medal winners – 100,000 som, bronze medal winners – 70,000 som. “Sportsmen illustrated a very good example for Kyrgyzstan. Your victory will remain in history of our country. This is not only your personal victory, this is victory of entire nation,” President Atambaev stated. Source:
ADAMS Update Information
The ADAMS environment will be shut down on Tuesday, July 23, from 00:00 to 06:00 GMT. WADA is planning an optimization of its current IT infrastructure that supports ADAMS and this work is designed to improve its overall function. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation, The ADAMS
Pakistan Weightlifting Federation Elections
The Elections of Pakistan Weightlifting Federation was held on 7 July 2013 under the supervision of representative from the Pakistan National Olympic Committee Mr. Rizwan Ul Haq. The following office bearers were elected Chairman: Mian Amer Mahmood President: Mian Muhammad Aslam Chief Executive Officer: Hafiz Imran Butt Vice Presidents: Muhammad Javed Anwar, Muhammad Rashid Malik, Abdul Aziz Khan, Sheeraz Muhammad, Nafees Ahmed, Ms. Nuzhat Jabeen General Secretary: Amjad Amin Butt Treasurer: Ali Aslam Chaudhry Executive Member: Hafiz Salman Butt, Malik Mazhar Ullah Khan, Muhammad Tanveer, Rashid Mahmood, Mushtaq Ahmed
