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Nigerian Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Nigerian Weightlifting Federation held its Elections on 13th June 2017 while the official inauguration by the Nigerian Minister of Sports took place on 21st July 2017. The following officials were elected: PRESIDENT HON. YAHAYA MOHAMMED SECRETARY GENERAL ALMU UMAR LAMBU VICE PRESIDENT NWANKWO EMEKA DANIEL BOARD MEMBERS  SIR. CHIMDI EJIOGU OKORO LOUIS AZUBIUKE OKOWA TONOBOK OJURU UMAR ZANNA USHU AMOS PAUL CHRISTOPER NWADEI MRS ESAN ADEBOLA SARA DR. STEVE OLARINOYE MRS MARYAM USMAN ALH. AMINU HAMZA ISAIAH OGACHOKO Congratulations to all the elected officials!

Pan-American Championships Live Webcast

The Pan-American Championships will take place in Miami, USA on 20-27th July. It will be live and free to air at the following link. The live stream page for coverage from Miami, Florida will be available from July 23rd. USA Weightlifting broadcasts free all events held in the USA via the same link, feel free to share the

One month to go to the 2017 Summer Universiade Taipei

Taipei Rapid Transit Corp. (TRTC) will soon launch commemorative round-shaped tokens imprinted with the 2017 Summer Universiade mascot, Bravo the Formosan Black Bear, as the event draws near. The tokens will be sold as 5-piece sets for NT$750 (US$24.75) beginning on July 29 at 10 a.m., with a limit of 2 sets per person, the company announced in a statement. A total of 1,900 sets will be sold at five MRT stations: Taipei Main Station, Zhongshan, Songjiang Nanjing, Zhongxiao Fuxing and Ximen. Those who buy the tokens can use any of the five to take the MRT for one day, regardless of the entry and exit points. The MRT gates will return tokens to holders so that they can take their collection home, the company said. Each set will be sold in a decorative black box that also contains a certificate authenticating the number of the set. TRTC said the 5 different tokens represent a sportsmanship bear, a baseball bear, a weightlifting bear, a golf bear and a badminton bear. The goal of the tokens, it said, is to wish local athletes success in the games, to be held from Aug. 19 to Aug. 30, and motivate them to go for gold. Source: FocusTaiwan

Plaiter Reyes (DOM) passed away

It is our deep regret to inform the Weightlifting Family that Dominican Weightlifting has lost a great former athlete and National Team Coach, Mr. Plaiter Reyes. He passed away due to a heart attack. He was runner-up in Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games in the +105kg bodyweight category. The IWF presents its sincere condolences to the Family of Mr. Plaiter Reyes as well as to the Dominican Weightlifting

WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING’s special issue is out!

No.141 of WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING special issue on the IWF 2017 Electoral Congress is out. You can find the highlights of the Congress as well as all pictures of the Congress Delegates in the magazine. For more, read our interview with Mr. Intarat YODBANGTOEY, IWF 1st Vice President, Ms. Ursula PAPANDREA, 1st IWF Woman Vice President and Ms. Karoliina LUNDAHL, IWF Executive Board Member. Check out the promo video on Youtube! English, Spanish and Russian versions are available

France to bid for 2020 FISU World University Championships

A coordination meeting was held in Strasbourg between the leaders of the French University Sport Federation and the French Weightlifting Federation, represented by President Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes, to prepare France's bid to host the 7th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships in