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Iran’s national senior weightlifting championships ended and Fars became the champion

Iran's national senior weightlifting championships were held in Shiraz during 7th-9th of January 2010 with the participation of 177 athletes from 22 provinces and in the end Fars with 181 points became the champion and Ardebil took the second place. The championship results are as follows: 56 Kg category1- Majeed Asgaree from Hormozgan / snatch 103 Kg / clean&jerk 130 Kg / total 233 Kg 62 Kg category1- Sajad Behruzi from Fars / snatch 130 Kg / clean&jerk 163 Kg / total 293 Kg2- Jaber Behruzi from Fars / snatch 124 Kg / clean&jerk 156 Kg / total 280 Kg 69 Kg category1- Seyed Mehdi Panzovan from Karaj / snatch 140 Kg / clean&jerk 170 Kg / total 310 Kg2- Morteza Rezaeean from Fars / snatch 138 Kg / clean&jerk 168 Kg / total 306 Kg 77 Kg category1- Kianush Rostami from Kermanshah / snatch 155 Kg / clean&jerk 194 Kg / total 349 Kg2- Rasul Taghian from Isfahan / snatch 155 Kg / clean&jerk 188 Kg / total 343 Kg 85 Kg category1- Hamed Ebrahimi from Ardebil / snatch 152 Kg / clean&jerk 201 Kg / total 353 Kg2- Mehran Naseri from Khuzestan / snatch 160 Kg / clean&jerk 193 Kg / total 353 Kg3- Meisam Mohebi from Fars / snatch 158 Kg / clean&jerk 192 Kg / total 350 Kg4- Ahad Sanjabi from Kermanshah / snatch 160 Kg / clean&jerk 190 Kg / total 350 Kg 94 Kg category1- Yaser Dadvand from Ardebil / snatch 171 Kg / clean&jerk 205 Kg / total 376 Kg2- Seyed Mostafa Rajaee from Gilan / snatch 160 Kg / clean&jerk 207 Kg / total 367 Kg3- Shahruz Ghorbani from Ardebil / snatch 167 Kg / clean&jerk 197 Kg / total 364 Kg 105 Kg category1- Mohsen Beiranvand from Karaj / snatch 182 Kg / clean&jerk 225 Kg / total 407 Kg2- Mohamadreza Barari from Mazandaran / snatch 171 Kg / clean&jerk 224 Kg / total 395 Kg3- Javad Naderi from Khuzestan / snatch 180 Kg / clean&jerk 214 Kg / total 394 Kg +105 Kg category1- Sajad Anushirvani from Ardebil / snatch 192 Kg / clean&jerk 235 Kg / total 428 Kg Team results1-Fars = 181 Points2- Ardebil = 165 Points  (Mahmoud Abdollahi PR director)

New Zealand WF has a new interim President, Mr.Richard Dryden

Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand, has a new interim President, Mr. Richard Dryden. He is well known in the Oceania region and also the Commonwealth. He has been involved with weightlifting for many years both as an administrator and as a coach. Richard replaces Mr. Garry Marshall who resigned from the position as President in December. Garry had held this position for quite a number of years. The Federation also has a new Executive Officer in Mr. Terry Hughes from

OWF new website

Oceania Weightlifting Federation has now redeveloped its website and it is now available for viewing on

Monika Devi hearing postponed

The second session of hearing in the Monika Devi doping case was postponed following the absence of the lifter's lawyer when the matter came up before the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel. The panel, headed by senior advocate Sudhir Nandrajog, put off the matter by another two months since one of the panel members, former Asian Games champion athlete Kamaljeet Sandhu, would not be available for at least another six weeks. With more than 16 months having elapsed since Monika was stopped from taking a flight to Beijing for competing in the Olympics, following a ‘positive' dope case, there is now concern about the case taking close to two years, the standard suspension period for an anti-doping rule violation. (The

The Late Chris Chugg

Dear Friends, It is with great sadness that I inform you of the sudden and untimely passing (January 15th ) of our friend Chris Chugg.   Chris was a champion weightlifter in his younger days and in recent years became one of the leading coaches in Australia, producing top lifters from his home state of Tasmania. He was a Life Member of Weightlifting Tasmania and had served diligently in many roles in the sport in a career extending in excess of 35 years. Chris was a much loved and respected member of the weightlifting fraternity in the Oceania region and he will be greatly missed.  Paul CoffaOWF General Secretary

IWF delegates meet Bulgarian Minister on 2010 JWC

With respect to the reported situation of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation, which is the appointed host of the 2010 Junior World Championships, Attila Ádámfi, IWF Competition Director and Dr. Mónika Ungár,  IWF Legal Counsel paid a visit to Bulgaria on 11-12 January.The Minister of Physical Education and Sport, Ass. Prof. Svilen Neykov received the delegates of the International Feightlifting Federation in Sofia.Minister Neykov acquainted the guests with the current situation at the meeting and underlined the great importance of weightlifting for Bulgaria."Weightlifting is one of the sports on which we rely very much, said the Minister. - Unfortunately the problems have been piled on with years and it is hard for us now to solve all the troubles in such short term but we do everything possible and according to the Bulgarian legislature to pull this unpleasant situation to a favorable end for everyone. We want to get Bulgarian weightlifting back to the place it belongs."Regarding the Junior World Championships which is scheduled for Sofia from the 11th of June, Attila Adamfi required until the 1st of February an official position if Bulgaria will give guarantees for hosting the event.