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Inspection visit at Paris 2011 reveals advanced stage of preparations

Anikó Németh-Móra, IWF Director and Attila Ádámfi, IWF Competition Director made a technical inspection visit over the weekend in Paris, to co-ordinate the organisation of the 2011 Olympic Qualification World Championships. The visit and the discussions embraced the cheking of accommodation, competition venue, training, meals, technical organisation, regulation, transport, etc. - all important aspects of the Championships. Already now, 20 months prior to the event, an Organising Committee is in place and in full operation, under the care of FFHMFAC President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes and professional experts appointed or employed in key positions. The IWF officials stated that the preparations were in an advanced stage and the French hosts are aspiring at staging the world championships to full satisfaction of the participants.

IWF launches its Development Program

The IWF has launched its Development Program 2009/2010 for funds in its Budget available by application for National Federations, Continental and Regional Federations or Regional Training Centres.All relevant information - Invitation letter, Application Forms, Regulations - have been e-mailed to the Federations and are published on the IWF website. Look for IWF/Download/Development Program

One of New Zealand’s Skeleton team is a former lifter

Tionette Stoddard (Dunedin) Age: 35 Greatest sporting achievement: 7th Skeleton World Cup in St Moritz. Tionette's first skeleton race was in 2004. She has also been the South Island's 63kg weightlifting champion in 2006 and 2008, has played women's rugby and first competed for New Zealand in the bobsleigh in

Australian Olympic dream came true in Vancouver at Winter Olympics

Cecilia McIntosh's story is one of total persistence in the service of a dream that had frequently seemed destined to elude her. She had tried weightlifting, finishing second in the national titles during the 1990s but not qualifying for an Olympic Games. At javelin she got much closer, winning silver at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and qualifying for Athens in 2004 before persistent elbow problems ended her athletics career. She shifted then to bobsled but also kept her interest in elite-level Australian rules football (she made the All-Australian women's team last year.) Now, the 30-year-old from Nunawading will realise a long-held dream in a sport that has had its hold on her for not long at all. She has kept going for more than two decades chasing it.Yesterday, all that hard work paid off. She was an Olympian. ''I've waited so long," she said. ''I feel like I'm going to

Indonesia Wants 26th Sea Games To Be Held On 11.11.11

The host of the 26th SEA Games, Indonesia, has lined up 37 sports for the biennial meet which is scheduled for November next year. Indonesia Olympic Committee (KOI) in its website, confirmed that of the 37 sports, 22 would be Olympic events and the other 15 non-Olympic events. "During our presentation at the Asian Games Federation meeting, we proposed that the SEA Games be held on Nov 11, 2011. I think it'll be nice if it's written as 11/11/11," KOI secretary-general Arie Ariotedjo was reported as saying in the website. Nevertheless, he said the final date for the meet would be finalised by the SEA Games Federation at its meeting in April. The 26th SEA Games in Indonesia would be held in four provinces namely Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Palembang. Palembang will be hosting football, wrestling, gymnastic, wushu, powerlifting, weightlifting, aquatic, wall climbing and track and field events, while Semarang would be the venue for archery, boxing, snooker/billiard, sepak takraw, shooting, roller skating and the other paralympic

USA Weightlifting announced that Maximized Living has been named as the exclusive chiropractic partner of USAW

Through this partnership, key Maximized Living chiropractors will become members of the USA Weightlifting Wellness Advisory Council. These doctors, who meet standards established by Maximized Living and the USA Weightlifting Committee, will provide chiropractic services to weightlifting athletes at domestic and international events. "Maximized Living has more than a thousand doctors throughout the United States and we are looking forward to working with these experienced chiropractors to bring a new aspect of sports performance to our lifters," said USA Weightlifting CEO Rick Adams. Maximized Living has a long history of working with elite athletes from a wide array of sports and National Governing Bodies, including wrestling and judo. Through these partnerships, Maximized Living doctors work with coaches, trainers and medical doctors to deliver the most comprehensive and proactive performance program to these leading athletes. "I think it's good to have us show both the corporate and performance related benefits. In addition to working with USA Weightlifting's athletes, we are committed to supporting grass roots efforts in getting our youth and parents engaged in both the sport and the principles of lifelong wellness," said Maximized Living President Shel Hart. "Maximized Living's comprehensive Wellness Programs and experienced network of North American doctors combined with the discipline and physical/mental conditioning through USA Weightlifting are a winning