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2006 Junior Worlds deadlines warning

National Federations are urged to send their Entry Forms, Arrival-Departure information and Accommodation requests for the 2006 Junior World Championships immediately to the Organising Committee/Chinese Weightlifting Association and the IWF. The beautiful city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province (200 km of Shanghai) will welcome the world?s weightlifters aged up to 20 years, from 27 May to 3 June 2006. For further information, please

9th University World Championships

The Turkish Weightlifting Federation will welcome the academic student-weightlifters once again in Izmir, for the 9th edition of the University World Championships. Invitations, the Regulation and Entry Forms have been sent to the National Federations. The Technical Congress is on 29th June, and the competitions will run from 30th June to 2nd July 2006. Experienced and excellent organisers, the Turkish hosts will offer outstanding competition and accommodation facilities to participants. The documents of the 9th University World Championships can be downloaded from this

IWF INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, MARCH 2007

IWF INTERNATIONAL coaching-, referee-, medical and administration SYMPOSIUM 1st -4th March 2007 IWF hereby invites its National Member Federations to the Symposium. Place: Italy, Villa Mondragone (Rome) Arrival Date: 1st March 2007 Departure Date: 4th March 2007 Conditions: -IWF covers the participation of only 1 person per National Federation for 3 nights with meal for 4 days (every additional participant/Federation shall be covered by their respective NF); -Travel costs shall be covered by the NFs; -The details of the program will be released later and more information will be available during the Junior World Ch. in China (international experts will give lectures); -The lectures will be translated simultaneously into english/french/russian/spanish; We invite all our affiliated members to participate on the

World Championships candidatures deadline prolonged

Applications to host? The 2009 Junior World Championshipsor the ? 2009 World Championships can still be submitted to the IWF before 30th April, along with the deposit of the relevant fee as per the Rules. The IWF Executive Board meeting on 26th May 2006 in Hangzhou, China, is going to make the allocation of these World

Mundial 2006 preparations show good progress

Both the IWF and the Dominican Weightlifting Federation devote special attention to every detail in the preparation of the 2006 World Championships in Santo Domingo, which will be the first major event in the 2008 Olympic Qualification process. IWF inspectors from the Budapest headquarters recently paid a visit to the Dominican Republic and met Mr. Felipe Payano, Sports Minister and President of the Organising Committee of the Mundial 2006, Dr. Bolivar Vargas, President of the Dominican Weightlifting Federation and other members of the Committee. The website of the World Championships www.mundialdepesas2006.com is already operational with gradually updated and refined contents, but here are some of the main features and pieces of important information: 1. Entry to the Dominican Republic is free to citizens of all countries (with few exceptions requiring a visa previously issued, subject to a separate list which will be provided to NFs soon) ? against the payment of a U$ 10 Tourist Fee. 2. Two high-class hotels on the Boca Chica coast are to accommodate the participants: the Hamaca Coral By Hilton and the Dominican Bay ? both offering round-the-clock all-inclusive food service! The daily rate is: U$ 90 per person in a double; U$ 120 per person in a single room. 3. The competition venue is in the Sports Park at 20-minutes bus ride from the hotels, used for handball at the Pan American Games. The training is in the same venue. 4. Barbells of ELEIKO will be used. The IWF will supply the complete Technology and Information System. 5. Deadlines are now confirmed: Preliminary Entries ? before 29/07/2006; Final Entries before 15/09/2006. But for an early booking please consult the registration forms and deadlines on the website.6. Schedule: 27-28-29/09/2006 are reserved for IWF Committees, Executive Board meetings and the Annual Congress. Verification of Final Entries at 19:00-20:00h on 28th September 2006! Competitions run from 30/09 to 07/10/2006. 7. Communication with the Organising Committee: Recently, a major power failure and subsequent fire at the Federation?s headquarters totally destroyed their entire communication technology equipment. That was the reason for a stop in the contacts. However, you may now send e-mail to: [email protected], or [email protected] or fax to:

Sanction imposed on the Indian Federation

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