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Weightlifting in spotlight at the 18th Asian Games

On 20th August 2018 the Weightlifting competitions started at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.   The Verification of Final Entries was concluded one day before. Altogether 62 women and 104 men from 30 countries will compete at this Event. The competition venue is at Jakarta International Expo. The Hall has about 2000 seat capacity and the Training area is equipped with 25 full Eleiko sets. The highlight of the competition so far was when IRAWAN Eko Yuli, Indonesia home favourite won the gold medal in men's 62kg bodyweight category. The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo presented the medal to IRAWAN, who saluted him throughout the countries national anthem. "I'm a proud Indonesian and pleased for the country to win gold," Irawan told AFP after receiving his medal from president Widodo. "I feel like everything I have fought for I have now finally achieved." In the woman's 53kg bodyweight category, Hidilyn Diaz won the first Philippean gold in the history of Asian Games. Check out the Start List Package here. Source: insidegames.biz — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Olympic Solidarity Course in Sudan

In the framework of the Olympic Solidarity Program, Sudan Weightlifting Federation organized a Technical Course for Coaches in Khartoum between 7th and 15th of August 2018. The International Weightlifting Federation appointed Mr. Maged Salama as the expert for this Level 1 course which was attended by 26 participants in total. Lectures were given on: Special physical fitness elements in Weightlifting  How to teach special skills Work of muscles in Weightlifting Rules and Regulations The process of a competition The theoretical lectures were followed by practical sessions. At the Closing Ceremony, Mr. Adel Ahmed Mohamed Elhaj, President of the Sudan Weightlifting Federation and Mr. Hussam Hashim Khojaly, General Secretary of Sudan Olympic Committee joined Mr. Salama handing out the certificates to all participants. This is a great example for all IWF National Federations that through their National Olympic Committee they can apply for Olympic Solidarity funds. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

IWF Executive Board Meeting in Lausanne

The IWF Executive Board (EB) met in Lausanne on 15 August. Its main focus was the IOC’s recent announcement that, while weightlifting’s considerable anti-doping progress is welcome, the sport’s provisional status on the Paris 2024 Olympic Programme will be maintained. With the IOC having subsequently communicated detailed criteria by which it will judge the IWF’s anti-doping success, the EB assessed the work ahead. Joining the EB members present were IOC Director of Sport Kit McConnell and IOC Head of Summer Sports and International Federation Relations David Luckes. Mr McConnell reported on the IOC’s satisfaction at the way the IWF first established an independent group to make recommendations aimed at improving the IWF’s anti-doping efforts, subsequently implementing those recommendations. Key among the IOC’s criteria for confirming weightlifting’s place on the Paris 2024 Olympic Programme have been the development and implementation of measures targeting those countries associated with a disproportionately high number of anti-doping rule violations. Mr McConnell confirmed the IOC’s full and continued support for an Olympic Qualification System that factors in a high incidence of past doping. He further underlined the importance of maintaining and implementing the system in place, following its approval for Tokyo 2020. The EB heard from the Independent Monitoring Group, which has been tasked with establishing that lasting improvements are in fact being made among the IWF member federations suspended following the IOC’s retesting procedures. The EB also heard from Maitre Francois Carrard, former Director General of the IOC and now partner at Kellerhals Carrard. Carrard represents the IWF in the case currently before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, brought by the Weightlifting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He gave update report for the EB on the status of the CAS case brought against the IWF supported by the IOC. The EB concluded its meeting coordinating an action plan based on the IOC requirements. The EB expects that continued positive progress on these issues, critical to weightlifting’s Olympic future, will form a significant part of its next meetings in Ashgabat, prior to the IWF Congress and World Weightlifting

Myanmar Weightlifting Federation got encouraged by Vice-Minister

Dr MYA Lay Sein, Vice-President of Myanmar Olympic Committee and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Health and Sport encouraged and delivered a speech to lifters at the training hall of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation. The Vice-Minister was welcomed by the General Secretary of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation, Mr THI Han, officer for MWF's office, Mr MYO Min and coaches of MWF. She encouraged and delivered the speech to lifters participating at the upcoming Asian Games held in Jakarta, and guided the officials travelling as part of the delegation. After that, Mrs MYA Lay Sein took a group photo with the lifters and officials of the Myanmar Weightlifting

Myanmar Weightlifting Federation got encouraged by Vice-Minister

Dr MYA Lay Sein, Vice-President of Myanmar Olympic Committee and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Health and Sport encouraged and delivered a speech to lifters at the training hall of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation. The Vice-Minister was welcomed by the General Secretary of the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation, Mr THI Han, officer for MWF's office, Mr MYO Min and coaches of MWF. She encouraged and delivered the speech to lifters participating at the upcoming Asian Games held in Jakarta, and guided the officials travelling as part of the delegation. After that, Mrs MYA Lay Sein took a group photo with the lifters and officials of the Myanmar Weightlifting

Coaching course in Kenya

Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association with the assistance of the International Weightlifting Federation organized a Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course in Nairobi, Kenya from 16th to 21st July 2018. The course was presented by Dr. Kyle Pierce, IWF Coaching and Research Committee member. The 16 participants included experienced and new coaches as well. After the theoretical and practical sessions of the course, they took a 50 question multiple choice test in order to become an IWF Certified Club Coach. The Club Coach Course is primarily intended for new coaches. It provides them the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to safely and correctly teach the sport of Weightlifting. The content covers several areas including safety, basic sports science, teaching and coaching principles, a method for teaching beginners’ basic training and competition lifts, training programs for beginners, organizing simple Weightlifting competitions, and anti-doping. Additional presentations were made on the topics of Bioenergetics, Periodization, Recovery Methods (with a focus on Nutrition), Dietary Supplements, Technique of the Competition Lifts, Sports Psychology Issues, and Youth Resistance Training including Long-term Athlete Development. As the new Qualification System for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo in 2020 comes into force on 1st November 20018, it was also presented. Besides the lessons conducted by Dr. Pierce, Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) gave lectures on the Doping Control Process, Anti-Doping Rules Violation, Prohibited Substances, Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), Nutrition, Supplements, and the Consequences of Doping. All presentations were outstanding and kept the attention of the course participants throughout. Kenya Amateur Weightlifting Association was grateful for the successful conclusion of the course and thanked to the IWF to make this course