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IWF Committee Meetings in Houston

After the joint meeting, all 3 IWF Committees held their meeting prior to the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA to kick off on 20 November. IWF Technical Committee Update reports were given on the Electronic Change of Call, the IWF Technical and Information System and TV Graphics recent developments. Set of technical Guidelines were discussed and agreed. The Committee further discussed the requirements of the Video Replay System including a presentation of a basic system. Concepts of Member Federations' ranking were presented and discussed. A serious consideration was given to the proposed modification of Technical and Competition Rules and Regulations. IWF Medical Committee The IWF Medical Committee discussed the activity of the Continental Federation’s Medical Committees and agreed to ask a list of the members and the minutes of their meetings. The Chairwoman of the Asian Weightlifting Federation - Dr. Seza H. Tchobanian made a report to the Committee. The MC designated a liaison for the coordination of the MENUS in IWF Events to assure that the athletes are receiving the best menu possible. The members agreed that there is no athletic heart in weightlifting and decided on further research topics including the examination of other sport disciplines and its medical dangers. The MC is working on proposals for the TCRR modifications and elaborating a Consensus Statement on Training the Elite Child Athlete with the Coaching and Research Committee. IWF Coaching Research Committee The Coaching and Research Committee focused on the Manuals of the different levels. The National Level Coach Manual and the Club Coach Manual are complete and will be soon available in several languages, because of the new IWF logo the redesign of the Manuals is in process. The CRC discussed the Top Coach Level Manual's content. During the meeting some topics emerged that need to liaise with the Athletes' Commission and Women's

EWF Technical Officials’ Seminar in Kosice

The EWF held a Seminar for Technical Officials in Kosice on 6th and 7th November 2015. The Seminar was fully covered by funds coming from the IWF Development Program. It was a very interesting and interactive seminar with the participation of 19 National Federations. The speakers were Mr. Benny Johansson (SWE), Mr. Steve Cannon (GBR), EWF Vice Presidents and Ms. Denise Offermann (CYP), General Secretary of the National Federation of Cyprus. Among other topics, the psychological aspects of being a TO, the main changes of the technical rules since the Congress of Baku and the duties of the TOs were also discussed. Before the Seminar there was an official reception hosted by the Mayor of Kosice, Mr. Richard Rasi at the historical Town Hall. The IWF was represented by Mr. Attila Adamfi, Director General and Ms. Eva Moska, Development and Education Director. Ms Reiko Chinen, IWF Technical Committee Member and Chair of the Technical Committee of the Asian Weightlifting Federation was also present. The IWF would like to thank the Slovakian Weightlifting Federation for the wonderful organization of the

Final Entries for Houston are up

5 London Olympic Champions and 10 Almaty World Champions announced to compete The Final Entry List for the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA has been published on our website. As Qualification Event for the 2016 Olympic Games, this competition is the most important milestone on the road leading to Rio. The George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will stage from 20-28 November the 82nd Men’s and 25th Women’s World Championships. The Verification of the Final Entries will set the final numbers on 18 November at 18:00, but according to the Final Entries, we have now 745 athletes from 105 countries who will compete in Houston. Paris 2011 topped the number of participating countries with 87, and Athens 1999 topped the participating athletes with 626 lifters. Considering the impressive figures, the Record participation is still expected. The 2015 IWF World Championships will showcase countries never or rarely seen on the occasion of such competition: Afghanistan, Curacao, Estonia, Guam, Kiribati, Kosovo, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cook Islands, Aruba, Island, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Solomon Islands. 5 London 2012 Olympic Champions are announced: W63kg MANEZA Maiya (KAZ) – now in 69kg making her debut after maternity break W75kg PODOBEDOVA Svetlana (KAZ) – 1st competition since London 2012 M56kg OM Yun Chol (PRK) M62kg KIM Un Guk (PRK) M77kg LU Xiaojun (CHN) 10 World Championships Title defenders will be there from the 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty, KAZ: W58kg DENG Mengrong (CHN) W63kg DENG Wei (CHN) W69kg RYO Un Hui (PRK) W75kg EVSTIUKHINA Nadezhda (RUS) W+75kg KASHIRINA Tatiana (RUS) M56kg OM Yun Chol (PRK) M62kg KIM Un Guk (PRK) M85kg ROSTAMI Kianoush (IRI) M94kg KYDYRBAYEV Zhassulan (KAZ) M+105kg ALBEGOV Ruslan (RUS) Among others, we will miss: 2008 Olympic Champion LIAO Hui (CHN), 2012 Olympic Champion SALIMIKORDASIABI Behdad (IRI) who will not compete due to an injury as well as two times Olympic Champion ILYIN Ilya (KAZ), 2012 Olympic Champion CHINSHANLO Zulfiya (KAZ) and 2012 Olympic Champion ZHOU Lulu (CHN). The list contains all the Athletes who were entered as possible participants for the Event, however the IWF retains the right to decide on the athletes’ and MFs' eligibility in line with the respective IWF Rules and

IWF visit in Rome

Upon the invitation of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) President, Giovanni Malago and Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPE) President, Dr. Antonio Urso, IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan accompanied by Attila Adamfi, Director General and Eva Moska, Development and Education Director paid a visit to Rome. Discussions were held on candidature of Rome for the 2024 Olympic Games, especially about the concept of the weightlifting competitions at the Games. After discussions at CONI the headquarter of the Italian team, the weightlifting facility at the Olympic Training Center was also visited.   Photo (from left to right): Giovanni Malago, CONI President, Eva Moska, IWF Development and Education Director, Antonio Urso, Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPE) President, Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Roberto Fabbricini, CONI Secretary General and Attila Adamfi, IWF Director