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Japan Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Japan Weightlifting Federation (JWA) elected Ms. Yuriko KOIKE, a Member of Parliament as new President of the JWA. Her presidency started on 15 June 2013. Ms. Tomoko KATO is newly elected as Executive Board Member. Now the JWA boasts of 3 female Executive Board Members among 23 (=13.0%): Ms Yuriko KOIKE, Ms Tomoko KATO and Ms Reiko Kato CHINEN. Congratulations on the election of Ms. Yuriko Koike, as well as the other two ladies on the JWA Executive

London 2012 Olympic Games Reports

The IOC published its Report on the London 2012 Olympic Games including Weightlifting data. The IWF also publish its Report with regard to the Weightlifting event. You can find both Reports under the London 2012 section: http://www.iwf.net/london2012/london-2012-olympic-games/ To relieve the excitement of the Games check out the IOC videos on Youtube Weightlifting Images Best of London

ANOC General Assembly in Lausanne

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) held its General Assembly in Lausanne on June 15th 2013 chaired by the ANOC President H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah. IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan participated in the ANOC General Assembly where 800 delegates from the 204 National Olympic Committees as well as other Presidents of the Olympic International Federations, delegates from the Olympic Games Organising Committees and Candidate Cities were represented. The Association of National Olympic Committees has moved from Paris to Lausanne, where it has set up its new HQ opposite the Palace Hotel. The General Assembly gave the opportunity for a great number of NOCs to visit Lausanne, heart of the Olympic Movement, for the first time. IOC President Jacques Rogge gave a reception at the IOC headquarters where H.E. Marcus Stephen President of the Nauru Olympic Committee and IWF Executive Board Member also participated together with other NOC Presidents from the Oceania

EWF President’s official visit to Dr. Tamas Ajan

Since the Electoral Congress in Moscow, the first official visit at the IWF was Dr. Antonio Urso, President of the European Weightlifting Federation. “I came here to honor your victory” Dr. Urso said to the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. The meeting included an analysis and evaluation of the elections; and they discussed ways to improve and strengthen the cooperation in the

Weightlifting for Sports, Club Coach concluded in Halmstad

IWF EWF “Weightlifting for Sports, Club Coach” ended on 9 June 2013 in Halmstad Sweden. The launch of this course is a result of International Weightlifting Federation and the European Weightlifting Federation implementing a standard coaching curriculum for all coaches. The first level of the course out of the four concluded with 36 Participants from 19 Countries and 14 Sports. The course gives the possibility to broaden knowledge for Strength & Conditioning /Sports Performance Practitioners, Health & Fitness Professionals, Crossfitters and Sports Coaches. The aim of “Weightlifting for Sports, Club Coach” is to provide Coaches with the ability to introduce participants to the sport of Weightlifting, the technique of the Clean and Jerk, the Snatch and associated exercises. IWF – EWF “Weightlifting for Sports, Club Coach” Award was given to the following participants: Moira Lassen, IWF Executive Board Member Eva Helgesson , President Sweden Weightlifting Federation Lise Mogensen, Denmark Weightlifting Federation Jonna Albrektsson, Sweden Dee Lynch, Ireland Weightlifting

SASCOC reveals latest Olympic, Paralympic support plans

SASCOC on Wednesday announced their latest and updated athlete support system for the country’s leading Olympic and Paralympic sportsmen and women at a function at Olympic House, Johannesburg. This follows a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in London last year where our Olympians returned with six medals and our Paralympians won 29 medals. Immediately after the London Games, the country’s Olympic governing body wasted no time in turning its attention to the next quadrennial period leading up to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Operation Excellence (OPEX) is the premier programme for prospective Olympic and Paralympic medalists and the programme consists of three different tiers which provide varying degrees of funding and support. A total of 13 athletes on the Olympic Programme and 14 athletes on the Paralympic Programme will be part of the Tier One structure and exciting news is that there is now added special support for athletes who may not be ranked sufficiently high enough but are nevertheless preparing for 2014 Commonwealth Games qualification. The weightlifter on the latest Olympic support programmes is Jean Greeff, and the weightlifting Team will be part of the Olympics Special Support Programme. Read the SASCOC Media Release