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Tickets on sale for the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships

30 years after the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships organized in Lille, France it is time for Disneyland® Paris to glow. France will welcome the best weightlifters from all around the world from Saturday 5th to Sunday 13th November 2011 for this prestigious event. The 79th Men's and 22nd Women's World Weightlifting Championships will take place at the Dôme Disney® Village. The website is now available, in French and in English : http://paris2011.com/ Tickets are available by the following

Impressive performances during the last competition day at the JWC

Junior World Championships Podium Men's 105kg Snatch: 1 ARROYO VALDEZ Jorge David (ECU) 183kg, 2 BERSANOV Ibragim (KAZ) 175kg, 3 PLESNIEKS Arturs (LAT) 173kgClean & Jerk: 1 ARROYO VALDEZ Jorge David (ECU) 210kg, 2 PLESNIEKS Arturs (LAT) 210kg, 3 JEON Dae-Un (KOR) 207kgTOTAL: 1 ARROYO VALDEZ Jorge David (ECU) 393kg, 2 PLESNIEKS Arturs (LAT) 383kg, 3 TKACHENKO Oleksandr (UKR) 378kg ARROYO VALDEZ Jorge David won the first Gold Medal of the competition for Ecuador and performed above his expectations. He broke his personal bests with 183kg in the Snatch and 210kg in the Clean & Jerk. After a Gold a Silver and a Bronze Medal for the Total won in Sofia at the World Championships 2010, he ended up with outstanding results and the so coveted 3 Gold at the 2011 WJC. "All the work, the hard training and the good advices were fruitful" - he said. Junior World Championships Podium Men's +105kg Snatch: 1 MINASYAN Gor (ARM) 178kg, 2 MOULAEI Bahador (IRI) 177kg, 3 ORESHNIKOV Sergey (RUS) 174kgClean & Jerk: 1 MOULAEI Bahador (IRI) 231kg, 2 KAZEMINEJAD Alireza (IRI) 217kg, 3 ORESHNIKOV Sergey (RUS) 210kgTOTAL: 1 MOULAEI Bahador (IRI) 408kg, 2 KAZEMINEJAD Alireza (IRI) 386kg, 3 ORESHNIKOV Sergey (RUS) 384kg MOULAEI Bahador (IRI) broke his Personal Record in the Clean & Jerk and in the Total, performance that allowed him to take over two Gold Medals in the Super-Heavy. Second place was also grabbed by an Iranian lifter: KAZEMINEJAD Alireza. Hossein Rezazadeh's presence nearby the stage motivated both lifters to give their bests and they tried to excel in order to impress the Iranian Legend. The Bronze Medal went to the Russian lifter ORESHNIKOV Sergey who had serious misfortune while performing his second attempt of the Clean & Jerk. The barbell hit his throat and despite the fact that his coach told him to drop the barbell he tried his best to stabilize it. Congratulations to all participants of the 2011

IOC elects PyeongChang as the host city of 2018 Olympic Winter Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday elected PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) as the host city of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2018 during its 123rd Session in Durban, South Africa. PyeongChang won in the first round of voting with 63 votes, against Munich (25 votes) and Annecy (7 votes). Ahead of the signing of the Host City Contract, which sets out the legal, commercial and financial rights and obligations of the IOC, the Host City and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Host Country in relation to the Olympic Games, IOC President Jacques Rogge congratulated the PyeongChang team for winning the vote and praised the high quality of their file and final presentation. "PyeongChang presented a strong and inspiring project that enjoys massive support from the government and the public," said Rogge ahead of the press conference that followed the announcement ceremony. "I have every confidence that PyeongChang will deliver on its commitment and host excellent Games in 2018." Concratulations to

Education Seminar at the JWC

The IWF held its Education Seminar in Penang, Malaysia during the 2011 Junior World Championships at the Hotel Equatorial on 6th of July. This successful edition held and organized by the IWF attracted 45 participants from 20 countries. The following lectures were presented in regard to current weightlifting topics: Mr. Sam Coffa, IWF Vice President, Chairman of the Technical Committee discussed Technical issues and rule modifications in Weightlifting with special emphasize on the recent rule changes related to the new costume called "unitard". Mr. Attila Ádámfi, IWF Competition Director gave general information about the Olympic Games and presented a report on the progress of "The road to London". He pointed out some key facts about the IWF's Competition Management and the Olympic Qualification System. To conclude, Dr. Mónika Ungár, IWF Legal Counsel gave practical instructions on ADAMS, and a live demonstration about its usage was shown to the attendees. She has explained the rules and responsibilities of an athlete during the doping control. Please note that all the athletes coming to the 2011 World Championships to be held in Paris, France shall submit their whereabouts

Last Women’s category at the JWC

Junior World Championships Podium Women's +75kg Snatch: 1 PULSABSAKUL Chitchnok (THA) 123kg, 2 NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) 122kg, 3 YAO Chi-Ling (TPE) 106kgClean & Jerk: 1 NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) 148kg, 2 PULSABSAKUL Chitchnok (THA) 147kg, 3 YAO Chi-Ling (TPE) 137kgTOTAL: 1 NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) 270kg, 2 PULSABSAKUL Chitchnok (THA) 270kg, 3 YAO Chi-Ling (TPE) 243kg NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) lifted a Youth World Record in the Snatch with 122kg, but still got the second place right after PULSABSAKUL Chitchnok (THA). In the Total, the Kazakh lifer's aim was the Gold Medal, so with 270kg and because of her lighter bodyweight she stood up on the first place of the podium. NOGAY Nadezhda is already getting prepared for the World Championships 2011 held in Paris, France.

Great performances in Penang

Junior World Championships Podium Women's 75kg Snatch: 1 ZUBOVA Olga (RUS) 118kg, 2 NURMUKHAMBETOVA Anna (KAZ) 115kg, 3 LI Rongyan (CHN) 111kgClean & Jerk: 1 ZUBOVA Olga (RUS) 150kg, 2 NURMUKHAMBETOVA Anna (KAZ) 142kg, 3 LI Rongyan (CHN) 142kgTOTAL: 1 ZUBOVA Olga (RUS) 268kg, 2 NURMUKHAMBETOVA Anna (KAZ) 257kg, 3 LI Rongyan (CHN) 253kg ZUBOVA Olga told the press that she was very happy with her results. She won the 3 Gold Medals, while her sister who competed within the 69kg bodyweight category ended up third. The small competition that exists among them motivates both sisters to perform at their best. Junior World Championships Podium Men's 94kg Snatch: 1 MOHAMMADPOUR K. Saeid (IRI) 175kg, 2 KOLOMIETS Evgeny (RUS) 170kg, 3 ZAICHIKOV Alexandr (KAZ) 165kgClean & Jerk: 1 MOHAMMADPOUR K. Saeid (IRI) 210kg, 2 ZAICHIKOV Alexandr (KAZ) 206kg, 3 COBZARIU Leonard (ROU) 206kgTOTAL: 1 MOHAMMADPOUR K. Saeid (IRI) 385kg, 2 KOLOMIETS Evgeny (RUS) 375kg, 3 ZAICHIKOV Alexandr (KAZ) 371kg KOLOMIETS Evgeny (RUS) tried to grab the first place from MOHAMMADPOUR K. Saeid (IRI), but failed during his last attempt of the Clean & Jerk and ended up with the second place in the Total. Mr. Nicu Vlad, IWF Vice President and President of the Romanian Weightlifting Federation accompanied his athlete COBZARIU Leonard to the press conference and expressed his contentment in regard to his overall performance during the competition.