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Olympic Test Event in Beijing

The Test Event for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will take place in the Chinese capital under the name 'Good Luck Beijing', 20-24 January in the Olympic venue.Competitions will be held in the 53kg and +75kg categories for women, and in the 56kg and +105kg categories for men.The Rules and Regulations can be downloaded here.Further documents:Participation Intention FormEntry FormHotel Reservation FormVisa & Accreditation ApplicationMedia Accreditation FormTravel Information

2008 Junior Worlds reallocated

Due to various problems that have emerged regarding the organization in Whitehorse, Yukon of the Junior World Championships of next year, the Canadians finally decided to retire from hosting this event.The appointed organizer is now the Colombian Weightlifting Federation and the 2008 Junior World Championships will now be held in Cali, Colombia, 12-20 June 2008.You will find more details in the IWF's Circular

Olympic Technical Officials to be nominated

These days, the IWF is mailing the letters and the Nomination Forms to its affiliated member-federations inviting them to propose Technical Officials for selection to the Beijing 2008 Olympic competitions.The nominations will have to arrive at the IWF before 15 December 2007. The selection will be done by the Executive Board in March 2008.You can download the Letter and the Nomination

IWF names events counting into Olympic Qualification

In accordance with the Olympic Qualification Regulation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in addition to the 2 World and 5 Continental Qualification Events, individual results achieved at the following competitions will be taken into consideration for the Olympic Qualification ranking lists:IWF World Cup - 26 November - 1 December 2007, in Apia, SamoaOlympic Test Event - 20-24 January 2008, in Beijing,

Complete the Global Survey Questionnaire to get support from IWF

In 2005 and 2006 the IWF circulated a Questionnaire called IWF Global Survey for National Federations, in order to collect various statistical data about weightlifting activities in its member countries. Unfortunately, only 69 National Federations have returned the Questionnaires duly filled in.We are herewith repeating the publication of the Questionnaire and invite all National Federations to submit those to the IWF after having correctly filled it out. Only those NFs which have completed and returned the *Global Survey Questionnaire* will be able to receive any kind of donation or development support from the IWF in the

2007 RWWC Team Classification

The team classifications of the 2007 Royal Weightlifting  World Championships, ChiangMai, Thailand are available here:Men's Team ClassificationWomen's Team