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Oceania meet comes home

Friday, March 12, 2010 FIJI will host the 2010 Oceania and South Pacific Championships (senior, junior, youth) and Olympic Youth qualification event for the first time since 2004. The competition will be played on May 4-7. This will be the Olympic Youth Continental qualification championship for the Singapore Olympic Youth Games in August. Twenty countries from the Pacific Islands -- including Australia and New Zealand -- will be part of the major event. Fiji weightlifting stars Manueli Tulo and Maria Liku, who won the FASANOC Best Male and Female Athlete of the Year awards, will represent Fiji. "This will be a great opportunity to see some of the world's best weightlifters," said Chris Yee, the Fiji Weightlifting Association secretary. Yee said Fiji had hosted past Oceania Games in 2002, 03 and 04. He said this could be an ideal opportunity to witness Fiji's very own Tulo and Liku competing at this level. Tulo won the 56kg category in 2007 in Samoa while Liku won three gold medals at the Mini Pacific Games in Cook Islands last year. Yee said Fiji had the facilities to host the championships. (Fiji

Best prospects for Taichung 2010 WUWC – confirms FISU Technical Chair’s visit

FISU Technical Chair for Weightlifting (at the same time IWF Director) Mrs. Anikó Németh-Móra made her technical inspection visit to Taiwan last week, to check preparations for the 2nd FISU World University Weightlifting Championships. The 2010 WUWC will take place in Taichung, a large and traditional university city, under the care of the Chinese Taipei University Sport Federation. The visit involved inspection of the Competition Venue housed by the National Taiwan Sport University, the Training Venue just next door and the accommodation of participants.The Taichung Plaza International Hotel (a high-class hotel) will accommodate all delegations, officials and technical officials. All aspects of the organisation of the 2010 WUWC were thoroughly discussed and Mrs. Németh can confirm that prospects for a high-standard and successful organisation are excellent. During her visit, the FISU Technical Chair met the key persons in the event, i.e.  Professor Su Wen-Jen, President of the University and of the OC, and his team in Taichung; Mr. Jason Hu, Mayor of Taichung City, who guaranteed the full support of the City Government to the World Championships;Mr. Kunning Chen, President of the CTUSF.The Chinese Taipei Weightlifting Association will fully participate in the technical organisation of the WUWC - personally guaranteed by CTWA President Mr. Chang Chao-Kuo, at the same time 1st Vice President of the IWF. Already 16 countries have sent their intention to participate. The Chinese Taipei organisers will do their best to give the World's Weightlifting Community another great Championships, whereby the costs of participation (€ 60 for hotel and full board daily) are low, as defined by the FISU Rules. It only remains for us to encourage participation of all the affiliated National Federations. Please contact your National University Sport Federation and send your entries to the 2010 WUWC in Taichung, TPE! - Website: http://2010wuwc.ctusf.org.tw

Your last chance: Best Lifter Voting deadline extended to 15.3.2010

This is your last chance to influence the outcome of World Weightlifting's Voting for the Best Lifters of 2009. The deadline has been extended to 15 March 2010.   Submit your vote

Treasure trove for weightlifting data-hunters on this website

This website now offers a treasure trove for statisticians, fans and weightlifting data-hunters by making downloadable the famous and popular summaries and annual statistical reports of Hon. President Gottfried Schödl. His two compilations of the Senior World Championships and the Junior World Championships 1997-2007, as well as the IWF Annual Books 2007, 2008 and now for 2009 are available here. Select: Results/Statistics

Natalie Burgener is back

A member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and American Record holder in the 63kg division, Burgener took 2009 off, but returned to Colorado Springs in 2010 and is training at the OTC with the goal of medalling at the 2012 Olympic

Glasgow 2014 Unveils Commonwealth Brand Identity

Glasgow 2014 has unveiled a new brand identity and web site at an event at the Clyde Auditorium, which will be the venue for the Weightlifting Competition during the Games. As with all previous Games, and as set out in the Host City Contract, Glasgow 2014 has created a completely new Games brand with the primary aim of offering its exclusive use to companies to generate revenue through sponsorship. The creative concept behind the brand is derived from the basis of all sport - Time, Data, and Measurement. Who jumps the highest, swims the fastest, lifts the heaviest. The brand identity is made up of four distinct parts, based on Time, Data and Measurement: 1. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be the 20th Games. This is a landmark number that adds to Glasgow's pride in being its host. The outer ring, that encompasses the others, is a strong, vibrant red - the official "True Red" of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) palette. 2. There will be 17 sports on the programme at Glasgow 2014. The next ring of the brand identity, in "Triumph Yellow" from the CGF palette, represents the number of sports. It's exactly 17/20ths of the full circle. 3. Glasgow 2014 will host 11 days of competition, which are represented in the third ring of the brand identity, rendered in the CGF's "Heritage blue", and making up 11/20ths of the circle. 4. At the heart of our brand identity is 1 Host City, represented by "G" for Glasgow, meaning "Dear Green Place" in Gaelic, and is in a suitably vibrant