News

Kasabijew’s Debut in Question

The President of Polish Weightlifting Federation, Zygmunt Wasiela has informed that Arsen Kasabijew (87) debut under the Polish team colours in the European Seniors Championships in Minsk (BLR) came into question. It happened due to Georgian Weightlifting Federation authorities, which in the last hours, literally, dramatically "tightened" its position cocnerning an equivalent for the training of their lifters. However, as the President of PWF ensures - negotiations are still ongoing, but Kasabijew's start in Polish colours has yet to be agreed upon by IWF. (by

On February 21-23, Yerevan State Olympic Reserve College was hosting Armenian Weightlifting Championship

On February 21-23, Yerevan State Olympic Reserve College was hosting Armenian Weightlifting Championship. In the highest categories gold went to Leva Gasharyan (weight category 94), Arthur Babayan (weight category 105) and Ruben Alexanyan (weight category +105). Samvel Khachatryan, President of Weightlifting Federation of Armenia told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the weightlifters started to prepare to the European Weightlifting Championships. "Starting from March 1, the National team will begin their practice sessions in Tsaghkadzor. On March 15, they will leave for Minsk to participate in the European Championships to open on April 2," Samvel Khachatryan

Five sports proposed for 2011 Pacific Games

The National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands, NOCSI, board has confirmed the participation of five sports to the 2011 Pacific Games (PG) in New Caledonia next year. This was agreed to by the board. The sixth Pacific Games will be held in Noumea, New Caledonia from 27 August to 10 September 2011. Following the meeting the NOCSI board decided to send the following sports based on their recent past records of winning medals at the games. They are athletics, weightlifting, tennis, boxing and taekwondo. (Solomon

Japanese weightlifters train at LSUS

In February, ten weightlifters and two coaches from seven universities in Japan visited LSUS for a joint training session with the LSU Shreveport weightlifting team. In its second year running, this joint training camp is the outcome of a ten-year friendship between LSUS's weightlifting Coach, Kyle Pierce, Ph.D., and Coach Junichi Okada of Waseda University in Tokyo. This friendship and their mutual desire to expose their students to new cultures and expanding experiences led them to combine their teams and emphasize not only excellence in their sport, but also offer an example of the "Olympic spirit", as Pierce called it. He described the week as a "picture of diversity." "[The week] got everyone fired up and challenged- everyone manages to communicate and have lots of fun," said Pierce. This was a special opportunity for the students of both countries, and one that will not soon be forgotten. The coaches are in talks to repeat the training camp next year, and perhaps one day the LSU Shreveport Team represent USA in

2010 Pacific Islands Email Tournament

Another successful event for the Oceania region which attracted 150 competitors from the following countries: Palau, FSM, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, PNG, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, and New Caledonia. There were some excellent performances amongst the pacific lifters and with the Commonwealth Games coming up this year, this is very encouraging for the region.

New Secretary General for Nigeria Weightlifting Federation

Nigeria Weightlifting Federation now has a new Secretary General in person of Ms. Uche