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Alps-Adria Cup in Sarajevo

A significant competition, the 49th Alps-Adria Tournament was held in Sarajevo on the 1st June 2013. The host city Sarajevo and the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina gave very good hospitality for the participating teams and organized a successful tournament. Teams participated from the following countries: 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2. Croatia 3. Italy In the competition of Female and Youth - Bosnia and Herzegovina took gold medals (Olivera Juric and Nermin Zecic), while in the Junior and Senior, Croatia took gold medals (Silvio Bijelic and Daniel Andonov). Detailed results can be found

New grouping for IFs – Weightlifting upgraded

On the occasion of the IOC EB-ASOIF Joint Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, the IOC presented the new grouping of the 28 sports federations on the programme of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio 2016. On the request of the ASOIF, the IOC has conducted a complex study and reevaluated the International Federations to determine the revenue distribution from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games according to the following key criteria: television, internet, general public, spectators, press, universality. As a confirmation of the great achievements and constant evolution of the International Weightlifting Federation and its solid status in the Olympic Movement, our sport has been upgraded to the third group. The listing within each group follows the alphabetic order. New grouping Group A Aquatics, athletics, gymnastics Group B Basketball, cycling, football, tennis, volleyball Group C Archery, badminton, boxing, judo, rowing, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting Group D Canoe/kayak, equestrian, fencing, handball, hockey, sailing, taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling Group E Modern pentathlon, golf, rugby Previous grouping Group A Athletics Group B Aquatics, basketball, cycling, football, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball Group C Equestrian, handball, hockey, rowing Group D Archery, badminton, boxing, canoe/kayak, fencing, judo, modern pentathlon, sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, weightlifting,

IWF Participation at SportAccord

The world of sport met again this year at the SportAccord Convention. The conference took place in Saint Petersburg and gave immense opportunities for the delegates to build new business relationships, promote their sports and services as well as work on developing new projects. Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Mr. Ma Wenguang, IWF General Secretary and Mr. Attila Adamfi, IWF Competition Director represented the IWF at this successful event. The Convention gave the opportunity for the IWF to hold fruitful meetings with the IOC, SportAccord and Asoif. Furthermore, discussions were initiated by the Youth Olympic Games / Nanjing 2014, the Commonwealth Games Association / Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018, the Pan-American Games / Toronto 2015, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games OC. The General Assembly of SportAccord has elected Marius Vizer, President of the International Judo Federation as the new President of

Kenya Weightlifting representative in NOC-Kenya

The President of the Kenya Weightlifting Association Mr. Pius Ochieng was elected as second Vice Chairman of the NOC-Kenya. This is a major milestone in the development of weightlifting sport in Kenya. Dr. Kipchoge Keino was reelected as

Russian Championships in Kazan serve as Universiade Test Event

From 27th May to 2nd June, the Russian Championships are being held in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The Championships inaugurate the renewed and revamped 'AK Bure' ice hockey hall, the venue of weightlifting at the 2013 FISU Summer Universiade. Weightlifting will be one of the 27 sports to feature on the program of the 24th Universiade due to be opened in just over a month, on 6th July. Staged in a joint effort of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, the Kazan 2013 Universiade Organising Committee and the Sports and Youth Ministry of Tatarstan, the Championships can very well serve as a major test to make sure everything is perfect by the time of the Games in July. FISU Technical Delegate Aniko Nemeth-Mora was present to check the venue, the organisation and provide advice wherever necessary. "I am sure Kazan will deliver a wonderful Universiade and weightlifting will be a major highlight," Aniko said to the Tatarstan media. "In the last two years the city has changed enormously and has been beautified;  formidable modern sports venues have been built to accommodate an event of almost Olympic Games dimensions. Together with the experience and technical expertise of our Russian friends, I am sure we shall be able to stage excellent

15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships

15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships The 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships are being held in Doha, Qatar from 26th May till 2nd June 2013. The Weightlifting events of the Arab Championships are held at the Al Sadd Sports Club. Weightlifters are competing in two periods. Men are competing at the morning sessions in the 50kg and 56kg bodyweight category while Women are competing in 44kg and 48kg at the evening sessions. Approximately 250 weightlifters from 40 Arab and Asian countries are participating in the event. The opening ceremony programme included cultural events and multiple displays from Qatar folklore teams. The president of Asian and Arab Weightlifting Federations delivered the opening speech. Check out the AWF website for more