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Happy Birthday Chun Byung-Kwan

The Korean Olympic Champion (1992) celebrates his 40th birthday today.Chun Byung-Kwan won silver medal in front of the home crowd in 1988 and four years later became Olympic Champion in Barcelona (56 kg). In 1991 when he became a world champion he was awarded the AIPS

WADA Publishes Revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Montreal, November 3, 2009 - Following approval by its Executive Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now published the revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE). This Standard will take effect on January 1, 2010. The ISTUE was revised as a result of the adoption of the 2010 Prohibited List. The ISTUE had to be amended to accommodate some of the changes to the List to be implemented on January 1, 2010, in particular the removal of inhaled salbutamol from the List. This resulted in the deletion of Annex 1 and of the special provision in relation to Beta-2 agonists of the ISTUE. Under the 2010 List, salbutamol, salmeterol, platelet-derived preparations, and glucocorticosteroids administered by some routes will require a Declaration of Use. In order to avoid frequent changes to the ISTUE, the name of the substances that require a Declaration of Use is no longer included in the ISTUE, but rather is clearly indicated in the List. Furthermore, in order to simplify the ISTUE, a number of provisions were rewritten or reordered, maintaining however all the key principles of the

WADA Launches New Web Site

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched its new Web site ON 3rd November, coinciding with its tenth anniversary on November 10, 2009. The new Web site features improved navigation and reorganized content to better fulfill its users' needs. An entirely new section, called "Anti-Doping Community", was created to cater to the particular needs of WADA's key stakeholders, including athletes, the sport movement and governments. In this section, each of these groups will find information specifically related to their anti-doping responsibilities and areas of interest. Discover WADA's new Web site at www.wada-ama.org.

Breeze gives Goyang a miss

Michaela Breeze, the 30-year-old PE teacher , who became Britain's first woman Olympic weightlifter in 2004 at the Athens Games (ranked 9th), is Commonwealth champion (2006) and competed in the 63kg category in Beijing Olympics. (Breeze lifted her first two attempts at 80kg and 85kg but after her second snatch lift the Devon teacher pulled up injured. When the time came for her third lift, however, the announcement came that Breeze was injured and could not continue.Although she did return for the clean and jerk, her back would obviously causing her huge pain although she did bravely complete three lifts and finished in 15th place overall with five succesful attempts out out five.)'I took a few months off after the Beijing Olympics to allow my back time to settle down and recover. I started training again at the end of last year and have built up steadily. I got myself back into reasonable shape. I have declined the World Championships this year because my recovery is not as good as it used to be and i didn't want to put myself under unnecessary pressure of competing while still below best. If I am to compete, I want to be as competitive as possible and at least be close to best. It is for these reasons why I am focusing on rehabbing fully before facing the biggest weightlifting stages.'

A new President for the Cook Islands Weightlifting Federation

Three times Olympian, Sam Pera, prior to the Mini Games was elected the new President of the Cook Islands Weightlifting Federation. The General Secretary remains Tony Hole, who has held the post for many years.

London 2012 celebrates 1,000 days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games

London 2012 Chairman Sebastian Coe commented: 'Reaching 1,000 days to go gives us an opportunity to celebrate. Millions of people are already inspired by, benefiting from or delivering London 2012, from those who are taking part in sport participation projects inspired by the Games to the millions of National Lottery players who are helping to build the Olympic Park in east London. 'Over the next 1,000 days our teams will put their heart and soul into ensuring the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 are a spectacular success and deliver a tangible legacy for future generations.' To celebrate, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have marked the 1,000 days to go landmark with the launch of a Games-themed photographic exhibition alongside Tier One Partner BT at the National Portrait Gallery and an event at London's iconic BT Tower. The 'National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012' exhibition will create 100 world-class photographic portraits celebrating the people, both high-profile and those working behind the scenes, who collectively are making the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games happen.