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Champion weightlifter leads HUN Universiade Team’s Oath

2011 Shenzhen Universiade's strongest man, weightlifter Péter NAGY is a member of the Hungarian Team of 130 competitors ready to participate in the Universiade in Kazan. NAGY, champion in +105kg at the previous Universiade, was reading the Athletes' Oath for his teammates at the ceremony held on 28th June in Budapest. Hungary will be one of the approx. 160 nations that are sending their athletes to Kazan 2013.

New Threshold Level for Cannabis

At its May 11 meeting WADA’s Executive Committee decided to increase the threshold level for cannabis following consideration of the many submissions received from stakeholders during the Code review process. Accordingly, the Technical Document on Decision Limits for the Confirmatory Quantification of Threshold Substances (TD2013DL) has been revised to reflect the applicable modifications affecting compliance decisions for Carboxy-THC. Version 2.0 of the TD2013DL is effective as of May 11, 2013, and can be found on WADA’s Web site. All samples received by laboratories post-May 11 will be subject to the new threshold level. As a matter of fairness and to provide consistency, WADA advises not to pursue cases currently in the results management phase where the reported concentration is less than the new threshold (150 ng/mL). Also, for any analyses conducted from May 11 onwards, laboratories are requested not to report any THC case result below the acceptable threshold, regardless of the sample receipt date. Source:

IWF 1st Vice President Nicu Vlad met IWF President

IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan and 1st Vice President Nicu Vlad held a coordination meeting in Budapest, Hungary. The newly elected 1st Vice President paid a short visit at the President’s office to start working on the strategies of the new Olympic cycle. Ideas and proposals were shared and discussed in a friendly

IWF Guidelines and Manuals

In order to provide a better service and provide useful tools to our Member Federations, athletes and the Weightlifting Family the IWF produced guidelines with regard to Athletes’ Career, Competition Fixing, Sustainability and Sport Equipment Licensing. You can download the documents from our website under

IOC Young Reporters Programme for Nanjing 2014 YOG

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is delighted to announce that the second cycle for the IOC Young Reporters Programme, a sports journalism training programme will be run during the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. The Young Reporters’ initiative will bring 30 young reporters from the five continents to the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, which will be held from 16 to 28 August 2014, offering them homes in the Youth Olympic Village alongside the athletes, access to all the sports, and specialised media training from senior sports journalists. You can find the official announcement of this programme here The IOC NOC Relations Department will also be officially communicating this to all NOCs at the end of next

David Rigert Weightlifting Academy

Olympic Champion in 1976, six times World Champion David Rigert paid a visit to Hungary to attend the ceremony when the Weightlifting Academy and Sports School in Iregszemcse received his name. To commemorate this occasion, an international competition was held in Iregszemcse, Hungary specially organized to honor the iconic weightlifter. The “David Rigert Weightlifting Academy” was officially inaugurated in the presence of Hungarian Weightlifting President Imre Dobos and General Secretary Maria Takacs. Elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1999, David Rigert was elected Member of the IWF Coaching and Research Committee at the Electoral Congress in Moscow. To many he still incorporates the ultimate weightlifter. During his visit in Hungary, David Rigert met Dr. Tamas Ajan IWF