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Invitation to National Federations to IWF Congress in Cali

National Federations are invited to send their delegates to the 2008 IWF General Congress, to be held in Cali, Colombia, prior to the Junior World Championships, on 14th June 2008. This will be the last official gathering of the affiliated federations before the Olympic Games and the Electoral Congress.The letter of INVITATION, the AGENDA and the PARTICIPATION FORM are

Interview with the AWF General Secretary

www.iwf.net has interviewed the General Secretary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation, Ali Moradi, who spoke about the changing face of this continent's weightlifting and the challenges of the 21st Century.Read the

Asian Championships in Japan end with double Iranian success

At the 39th Men's Asian Championships in Kanazawa City, Japan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan could best use the Continental Qualification opportunity, because they earned two slots each to the 2008 Beijing Games.In the competitions, China was the most outstanding nation and the +105kg ended with an Iranian gold-silver finish, but both of these Asian nations had already won their quota to the Games. Look up the RESULTS for more details.In addition to the above-mentioned two, further Asian nations who can now send one male lifter each to Beijing are: Kyrgizstan,, Iraq and and Saudi Arabia. (The results, and thus the qualification, are of course, subject to the outcome of the anti-doping

Four more Asian nations can enter female athletes to the Beijing Games

At the conclusion of the women's competitions at the Asian Continental Qualification Championships in Kanazawa City, Japan, the following nations obtained Olympic slots for Beijing 2008, for one athlete each:INA - VIE - MGL - IND(This qualification will become final only after the anti-doping controls.)The men continue their contest for the Olympic slots and Continental titles until 1 May

28 Asian nations to enter race for Continental Qualification spots

Sixty-eight women and 117 men are on the start list of the Asian Championships starting on 27 April 2008 in Kanazawa City, Japan.With  quite a few nations of the Continent already having won their quota to the Beijing Olympic Games, athletes representing 28 member-countries are still hoping to earn the opportunity to fly to China this August.The START LIST  will be available from the opening page of this website, while you will be able to follow the progress of the Asian Championships by clicking on the CHAMPIONSHIPS website.Click here for the

Athletes gather at the IOC to speak out on Beijing 2008

The IOC Athletes' Commission members gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss how to address the challenging international backdrop into which the Olympic Games have been drawn in recent weeks.The athletes spoke passionately and from their own experiences about the inappropriateness of manipulating and using athletes as political tools. At the close of the meeting, they released a