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Sam Coffa re-elected President of Australian Commonwealth Games Association

When a weightlifting official is promoted or confirmed in a high position in another national or international sport organisation, it is always a momentum of joy for the IWF, as - beyond the personal merits of the individual concerned - it also means a wide recognition of the entire sport of weightlifting.This time again, we are proud and happy to congratulate Mr. Sam Coffa, 1st Vice President of the IWF, who was re-elected as President of one of the world's most important Commonwealth Games Associations: that of

Full and authentic results from 2006 Santo Domingo

Full results for each of the 15 bodyweight categories (Snatch, Clean&Jerk, Total), medallists, medal tables, team classifications, records are now published in a downloadable form on this website. You can now access the complete results of the Qualification World Championships 2006 of Santo Domingo by clicking

Hosts selected for future World Championships

At its meeting held in Santo Domingo, on 28 September 2006, the IWF Executive Board selected the following hosts to organise future major events in the sport:2009 Junior World Championships ? allocated to Constantza, Romania2010 (Qualification) World Championships ? to be held in Antalya,

Reza Zadeh’s 10th World Championship gold medal

Men's +105kg: Since Saturday, 7th October 2006, Iranian giant Hossein Reza Zadeh is 10-fold world champion. Double Olympic gold-medallist and holder of all world records in the superheavy category, Reza Zadeh swept the two lifts and the total also in santo Domingo.His challengers could not force him to extreme heights, and let the Iranian win with his weakest ever total result.The surprise man of the day was 20-year old Chinese Dong Feng, who took silver medal in jerk and bronze medal in total. He also set junior world records in jerk (245kg) and in total

Dethronement in 105kg

Listing 29 competitors, the men's 105kg category featured the defending world champion, Russian Dmitry Klokov who was pushed back into third place.Poland's European Champion Marcin Dolega won, and the silver medal was taken by Dmitry Lapikov of Russia, lifting in the B group. Klokov saved two attempts in clean and jerk to capture the final victory but as he missed 227kg twice, he finally had to settle for the bronze

Korean wins over Chinese

Women's +75kg: The battle in the ladies' superheavyweight in Santo Domingo will probably be remembered for a long time. Since Doha, the defending champion Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) had become world record holder when she modified the mark from 305kg to 318kg. This time again, she was facing Mu Shuangshuang of China, runner-up to the Korean last year.Although Jang snatched 136kg, Mu was in the lead by 1 kilo. In the clean and jerk the two women fought fiercely for the gold, in which neither one made any mistakes. Using good tactics, the Korean caught up with her Chinese opponent, reaching 314kg as well, with lighter bodyweight deciding in favour of Jang. 30 competitors took part in the