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New World Record set by Turkey on the first day!

The host country won 6 of the 9 medals aspired by the athletes on the first day of the competition. . Turkey won 3 gold medals, 2 silvers and a bronze at the World Championships Antalya in the women 48 kg category. TAYLAN Nurcan, the gold medalist of the Olympic Games 2004 and bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang won all 3 gold medals in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. She set a World Record in Clean & Jerk with lifting 121kg thus adding 1 kg to Chinese CHEN's former record. The second Turkish athlete ŐZKAN Sibel, silver medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang, kept her second place in the Total with 205 kg and in Snatch with 90 kg, but in Clean & Jerk, her performance of 115kg was only enough to win her a bronze medal. The 17 years old Chinese weightlifter TIAN Yuan, gold medalist of the first Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore set 3 Youth World Records in the 48kg category in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. The now 7 times World record holder athlete won two bronze medals (Snatch: 88kg, Total: 204kg) and managed to take the second place in the Clean & Jerk with 116kg right ahead of ŐZKAN

IWF proves it’s serious about the anti-doping fight

At the IWF Congress held in Antalya on 16th September 2010, the International Federation demonstrated its strength and proved that it is extremely serious about its fight against the plague of doping. As it is know, an important part and condition to battle doping in sport is the supply of the so-called "athletes' whereabouts" information, which may serve as a basis for unannounced out-of-competition controls. the IWF Anti-Doping Policy (just like the WADA Code) in place since 2009 clearly specifies that the whereabouts information must be submitted by the National Federations to the IWF before specified deadlines on all members of the national teams. In spite of this being a general obligation and despite several reminders it was found that 19 out of the 81 nations that entered competitors to the World Championships in Antalya failed to comply with their obligation to submit the whereabouts information on their athletes. The IWF Anti-Doping Commission discussed the issue; this was followed by an in-depth deliberation by the IWF Executive Board. The option of not allowing these countries to participate in Antalya was seriously contemplated. Finally, the Board decided to issue a notice of serious warning to the 19 National Federations concerned, saying that this was the last time they would be allowed to take part; this notice entailing a 5,000$ fine; and failing to pay the fine would entail the cancellation of all results by the team concerned at the WWC 2010. The IWF thus issued another clear message to its membership that it will not tolerate any serious diversion from the track of the anti-doping fight it chose to walk on many years ago.

ELEIKO sole supplier for the 2012 Olympic Games in London

We are delighted to announce that Eleiko has been appointed as a SOLE SUPPLIER FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON. The Eleiko weightlifting equipment will be used at the Test Event as well as at the Olympic Competition.  For more than 50 years Eleiko has taken an active part in international weightlifting. Our products have been delivered to 160 countries all over the world. The trademark stands for quality, competence and success. More than 900 world recordsSince the World Championships in Stockholm in 1963, when Eleiko was used for the first time in an international championship, more than 900 world records have been set by athletes using Eleiko barbells. – The whole Eleiko crew is very proud of this announcement, says Lennart Blomberg, Managing Director at Eleiko Sport in Sweden. – We are well aware of that this achievement would not have been possible without the considerable support of the International Weightlifting Federation. We thank you for the trust in the Eleiko

Record participants among women in Antalya

The 78th Men's and 21st Women's World Championships 2010, Antalya set a "World Record" even before getting started. Women weightlifters from 54 countries are participating in the competition that started today, altogether 218 women will perform on stage. This high number of participating countries has never been reached before at any other competition. The previous record was set during the World Championships in Thailand 2007 where women from 53 countries competed in the city of Chiang Mai. At the 2010 Antalya World Weightlifting Championships 563 athletes from 81 countries sent their Final Entry forms and appear on the start list. During the competition that takes place at the Expo Center, the 1,500th medal will be awarded to the lucky woman that will be able to reach that milestone (in the 69kg category).

The first step to London

Between the 13th and the 15th of September, in the days previous to the World Championships starting from the 17th until the 26th of September, all IWF Committees - Technical, Medical, Coaching & Research - terminated their sessions . The Executive Board meeting and the IWF Congress also held its meeting in Antalya. During the Congress that took place at the Topkapi Palace on the 16th of September Dr. Tamas Ajan, President of the IWF and Dr. Hasan Akkus, Vice President of the IWF and President of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation both said an inaugural speech in order to officially open the session. The 2010 Antalya World Weightlifting Championships are a main Qualification Event for the 2012 London Olympic Games, as their slogan say "The First Step for London"! Be prepared for the competition that starts tomorrow! As a reminder, please don't forget our Educational Seminar that will take place on the 18th and on the 22nd of September at the Topkapi Palace. See you there! You can follow the competition on our live scoreboard at the following

2010 Antalya WWC Entry List now published!

Based on the Entry Forms received by the IWF Secretariat, the ENTRY LIST of the 2010 Antalya World Championships as of 6th September 2010 is now published on this website. The Entry List by Category contains 601 competitors from 77 countries. Please note that this is ONLY FOR INFORMATION! This List will not be updated before the World Championships. All eventual corrections or modifications as permitted by the Rules (i.e. Entry Total, Category) must be submitted, effected and signed at the VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES meeting, which will be held in Antalya, at the Topkapi Palace Hotel, at 18:00h on 15th September 2010. With any other kind of communication regarding delegations, arrival-departure, room reservation, etc. please turn directly to the Organising Committee [email protected] and consult the WWC site http://www.antalya2010wwc.com (IWF Secretariat)