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British Weight Lifting seeks feedback from volunteers

British Weight Lifting (BWL) is canvassing opinion from volunteers in a bid to help clubs maximise their success. The governing body has released a survey which it hopes will produce the information required to help clubs move forward. A statement on the BWL website read: “Volunteers have always played a vital part in the sports and physical activity sector. “That’s why we are committed to ensuring clubs have the right support to recruit and retain the volunteers they need to ensure their club is the best it can be. “To help us do this, we are consulting clubs across England to understand more about the volunteers who give their time to clubs. “Importantly, and at the heart of this consultation, we also want to know more about the challenges clubs face and the support they need to help them ensure their volunteers have quality, enjoyable experiences.   Have you volunteered in the last 12 months? We'd love to hear about your experience of volunteering to help us improve the support and opportunities available to volunteers. Our survey takes around 10 minutes to complete 👇https://t.co/M8GzGltFYW pic.twitter.com/aMeBxnLg68 — BritishWeightLifting (@GBWeightLifting) 2019. június 21. “By completing this survey, you will be providing invaluable information which will help both British Weight Lifting and Sport England understand better how we can support clubs to recruit and retain the volunteers they need to run their club and to improve the volunteering experience. “Your support for this important piece of research is greatly appreciated and ultimately, will help us help community sports clubs be even more successful.” All responses to the survey, which can be completed here, are confidential. BWL has asked for the survey to be filled in by July 19. Source:

The documents for Tokyo 2020 have been updated

Updated versions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games documents are now available. A French version of the Qualification System is now available and the English version was updated. The Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) document was also brought up to date (as of 20th June 2019). The 2008 - 2012 Olympic Games Reanalysis Status page is now also updated.

Bula iLiftClean – Anti-Doping Outreach at the Junior World Championships in Fiji

Successful IWF Anti-Doping Outreach and iLiftClean Booth were established for athletes and officials again during the 2019 IWF Junior Championships in Suva, Fiji. The iLifClean Booth was set up near the field of play, where participants had the chance to receive useful information in the field of Anti-Doping. An other booth was set up by Voices of the Athlete (VOA) at the Event, which drove the attention to the following topics: * Go Green - Sustainable Coastlines - The participants discuss issues like saving the environment, cleaning up beaches, pollution, ways of advocating “Going Green” in their own countries. * Be a leader - Athlete's Commission - The participants discuss the qualities of a good Leader and are empowered to realise that they can be agents of positive change in their communities. * Staying Healthy – Voices of the Athlete (VOA) The staying healthy component focus on the topic Non-Communicable Diseases. The program covers the effects of Non-Communicable Diseases as well as healthy lifestyle choices students can make in order to stay healthy. The IWF Anti-Doping Outreach was organised in the framework of the WADA Legacy Outreach Program, athletes and officials had the chance to try their knowledge in the field of Anti-Doping. This time 71 athletes from 17 countries filled the IWF’s Anti- Doping quiz which is based on the WADA quiz. The Anti-Doping Quiz is available in more than 10 languages. (ENG, FRA, ESP, GER, RUS, CRO, SWE, FIN, JAP, HUN, GRE, CHN, Arabic). As they say in Fiji, vinaka (thank you) to all the visitors of the iLiftClean booth and Outreach!

IWF Women’s Commission focuses on increasing gender equality

Chaired by Ursula Papandrea, IWF Vice President, the IWF Women's Commission met in Suva to identify and discuss immediate and long-term tasks. In addition to members from Austria and New Zealand, several IWF officials were interested in the discussions, including Dr. Tamás Aján, President, José Quinones, Vice President and Chair DEC, Karoliina Lundahl, EB Member and Vice Chair CRC and Attila Ádámfi, Director General. It was established that while women are doing very well in terms of athlete participation ratios especially in Olympics and World Championships, much remains to be done in the field of educating female coaches and especially in having women in leadership positions at national, Continental and finally IWF levels. Also strongly propagated by the IOC-IFs Gender Equality Forum and Agenda 2020, strategies for creating opportunities and ensure the pathway towards leadership roles were suggested. Such a step would be the proposed Constitution modification, for instance, to have min. 3 members on the Executive Board represented by both genders, as well as a minimum of 20% gender representation across all Committees and Commissions. This idea also to be followed up by Continental Federations. Various ideas were discussed to enhance coaching education generally and concentrated on women, etc. The Commission would also welcome useful conclusions of research specific on training women in weightlifting for further elaboration, and agreed to increase its social media presence and provide

ÖGV President Gerhard Peya receives high state recognition of Austria

IWF congratulates Gerhard PEYA, President of the Austrian Weightlifting Federation, on being decorated with the Prestigious Award of the Republic of Austria. The ceremony was initiated by Ensemble Wild with the Camellia polka by Johann Strauss. International referee since 1980 and having fulfilled an executive position on the Austrian Weightlifting Federation (ÖGV) for 27 years - its President 1998-2001 and since 2013 to date - PEYA received the honour in appreciation of his leadership role in the sport of weightlifting and contributions to its

Claudio Leveque passed away

The weightlifting family is mourning: Argentine Claudio Leveque, who was not only a great athlete but a big personality in weightlifting passed away recently. He was born in France but naturalized to Argentina and started to lift weights in the ’60s. An outstanding performance of his was becoming South American champion in 1973. After his retirement, he remained active with his beloved sport as the leader of Federacion Argentina de Pesas (Argentine Weightlifting Federation) and as an international referee. He was on duty as a referee for the last time in Tashkent, at the 2018 IWF Youth World Championships. The IWF sends its condolences to the Argentine Weightlifting Federation and to his