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2015 IWF World Championships logo unveiled

The Houston Local Organizing Committee for the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships and Congress Meetings, in partnership with the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority, are proud to announce the return of World Weightlifting to the United States after a 40-year absence with the unveiling of the Houston, Texas USA event logo. “We wanted to make sure the logo was a patriotic theme of red, white and blue and that it also incorporated stars to represent the State of Texas,” said Janis Burke, CEO of Harris County – Houston Sports Authority. Houston is proud to host the Championships on behalf of the International Weightlifting Federation and in partnership with the United States Olympic Committee and USA Weightlifting. Houston will be transformed into a competition center at the George R. Brown Convention Center for nine exciting days and nights from November 20 – 28, 2015. An estimated 900 competitors from over 188 affiliated National Federations from all five Olympic continents are expected to participate in this International Olympic Committee sanctioned qualifying event for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic

Best Lifter Voting extended!

World Weightlifting has extended the deadline for the "Lifter of the Year 2014" election until 15 February 2015! Vote

Malta Weightlifting Federation Elections

On January 23rd, the Malta Weightlifting Association (MWA) organized its Annual General Meeting at which Jesmond Caruana has once again been confirmed as President of the Association with no other contestants for this position. The new leadership of the Federation is as follows: J. Caruana President J. Vassallo General Secretary R. Borg Treasurer M. Pisani board member R. Pulis board member Presentations of the reports highlighting the successes of the year were also presented, and these included international competitions both for the National Team as well as individual achievements, with 21 athletes and 15 officials representing Malta throughout the year. These various events included the Commonwealth Games, Youth Olympic Games, World and European Championships as well as a number of regional championships including the Mediterranean Cup and European Small Nations, among others. Lastly four international training camps were also organized. These opportunities may have contributed to improvements among the locals’ athlete's performances, as 121 national records were broken and medals achieved at the international scene. Also worthy of mention is that new training centers have been set up in different locations. A thorough plan of action for this year and the upcoming were also presented, with the closest activity being the Mediterranean Weightlifting Cup to be organised in Malta between 19th to 22nd March in conjunction with this competition a seminar shall also be hosted. Congratulations to all elected

Updated Technical documents

According to the amended IWF TCRR effective from 1 January 2015 the IWF Technical Official Examination Questions and Answers were updated. The IWF Technical Committee approved a set of guidelines/presentations produced by Ms. Reiko Chinen that is very useful for Technical Officials and also a practical tool for TOs education/seminars. The updated documents can be accessed via the following link:

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Almaty

The new IWF logo was approved and introduced at the 2014 IWF World