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CAS decision

Lausanne, 6 October 2011 - the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued the following decision: "The IOC Executive Board's June 27, 2008 decision* prohibiting athletes who have been suspended for more than six months for an anti-doping rule violation from participating in the next Olympic Games following the expiration of their suspension is invalid and unenforceable." * The International Olympic Committee's Rule 45, also called the Six-Month Rule or the "Osaka Rule" bared athletes with six-month suspensions from the next

Up-to-date info regarding the 2011 IWF WWC PARIS

Following the receipt of the Preliminary Entries and considering the significant number of participants expected, the Organizing Committee would like to inform all NFs as follows: 1) Any delegation exceeding 30 members is kindly asked to transfer 100 % of the participation fees for the whole delegation latest by 15 October 2011. Failing to receive this advance payment the Organizing Committee cannot guarantee the requested accommodation. 2) The participating delegations must accept the accommodation offered by the Organizing Committee for a minimum stay of 3 nights. 3) The Organizing Committee is happy to offer a special price for those interested in entering the Disney® Village. To benefit from the special price, you have to contact the Organizing Committee before today, October 6th . 4) We kindly remind all National Federations that the deadline for the Final Entries is the 1st of October 2011! As an exception, the Organizing committee may not guarantee to accommodate people who have not sent their entries after today October 6th. For further information regarding the event please visit www.paris2011.com where you can subscribe to the Newsletter of the event, as well as www.iwf.net

Hungarian Weightlifter Geza Toth passed away at the age of 79

The Hungarian Weightlifting Federation has been informed with deep sorrow about the death of Mr. Géza Tóth, one of the most celebrated weightlifters of Hungary. He collected 22 medals at the greatest championships among them 4 gold at World Championships and 5 gold at European Championships. His greatest Olympic result was a silver medal behind Pljukfelder at Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He participated three Olympic Games (1960, 1964, 1968). Géza Tóth set up three world records and 157 national records. He worked as head coach at club Haladás of Szombathely, and coached lifters in Austria and South America as well. He was a teacher at Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. He was awarded the Merit of Honor by International Weightlifting Federation in 2002. The International Weightlifting Federation expresses its deepest condolences to Mr. Géza Tóth's relatives.

WHEREABOUTS

Every IWF NF shall submit their national team athletes' whereabouts through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS). Countries not submitting whereabouts info on ADAMS will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming 2011 IWF World Weightlifting Championships to be held in Paris,

Sports Law Conference in Budapest

From 29-30 September, 2011, the international sports law conference Olympics - Competition - Sport - Law was held in Budapest, Hungary. The Olympics-Competition-Sports-Law International Conference was divided into two separate parts, dealing with the competition law aspects of sport on the first day, while covering general sports law issues on the second day. The selection of speakers guaranteed that a wide range of problems were touched upon with the possibility to show different perspectives. Just 300 days before the official opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games it was ideal to discuss the various issues of sport and law in the ambit of an international conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Today's sport has also serious legal implications which are equally important and sometimes even overshadow the actual athletic performances. IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján and several National Olympic Committee Presidents attended the very successful sports conference where among others, the following speakers gave presentation: Mr. Richard Pound, Member of the International Olympic Committee, WADA Board Member and former President (Doping in Sport - the Theoretical, Practical and Legal Challenges), Mr. Matthieu Reeb, the Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (The Court of Arbitration for Sport: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives) and Mr. Howard Stupp, Director of Legal Affairs of the International Olympic Committee (The Evolution of Legal Issues Affecting Sport and the Olympic

World Conference on Sport for All in Beijing

Held among the iconic venues of the Beijing Olympics, the 14th edition of the IOC Sport for All conference drew 600 sports and government representatives, delegates from UN agencies, NGOs and academics from around the world to the Chinese capital. IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján participated in the conference and was invited by IOC President Jacques Rogge to encourage IF leaders to develop, to promote and to follow the Sport for All movement. The three-day Conference, organized by the International Olympic Committee, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and SportAccord, focused on the practical implementation of sport for all programs and consisted of discussions on subjects as "Follow-up of the 2010 World Conference on Sport for All", "Programs and policies: the practical and theoretical foundations of Sport for All"," Health and social benefits of physical activity" and "Future directions." When addressing the opening of the Conference, IOC President Jacques Rogge said that everybody should have access to sport, and promoting Sport for All has always been an integral part of the Olympic