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IOC Session gave recognition to the NOC of Kosovo

The 127th IOC Session today in Monaco granted full recognition to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo. The NOC of Kosovo met the requirements for recognition as outlined in the Olympic Charter. These include the sport and technical requirements as well as the definition of “country” as defined in Rule 30.1 – “an independent State recognised by the international community.” Kosovo is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 UN Member States. The NOC of Kosovo was established in 1992 and has more than 30 affiliated National Federations (NFs), 13 of which are Olympic sports federations. Of these, eight are full members of their respective International Federations (IFs), while the other five are provisional or associate members of their respective IFs. Full recognition of the NOC is in the interests of the athletes and should remove any uncertainty they may have. It will allow them to take part in qualifications for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and in future editions of the Games. The International Weightlifting Federation wishes to congratulate to the National Olympic Committee of Kosovo and supports the great efforts and cooperation of the Kosovo Weightlifting

Hungarian Péter Nagy winds up WUWC 2014 with last victory

In what was a competition taking many unexpected turns, Turkish Resul ELVAN finally emerged victorious in total. However, the first gold medal in snatch went to Radoslav TATARCIK of Slovakia and the second, in clean and jerk, and with that the third, in total, was earned by the Turk thanks to his superior performance of 202kg, while Korea pocketed two more silver medals. Thailand’s recent World Championship bronze medallist, Chitchanok PULSABSAKUL, fortified with her teammate and fourth-placed Praenapa KHENJANTUEK left little room for others on the podium and little doubt about who will win the top positions in the women’s +75kg category. With their world class performance they put the crown not only on Thailand’s overall performance but the whole World University Championships in Chiang Mai. Since 2008, Péter NAGY, Hungarian superheavy champion has been collecting the available University titles, including that of Universiade champion (2011) and now, at his last competition of this kind, he grabbed nothing less than the WUWC 2014 Champion title once again. His supremacy in the +105kg could not be questioned, whereby he was unsuccessfully challenged by two Koreans in the clean and jerk who were eventually happy to share the dais with him. The WUWC 2014 came to an end in Chang Mai after 4 days of exciting and high standard competitions. Many congratulations to the participating athletes and thanks to the hosts! (Source:

Beauchemin-Nadeau breaks home triumph streak at WUWC

Dumitru CAPTARI of Moldova scored an overwhelming victory in the men’s 77kg and on the 3rd day of the 4th World University Championships Adrian T. PAWLICKI fulfilled Polish expectations winning the 85kg category by a narrow margin on Korea’s KANG Mingi, who took the gold in snatch. Thailand’s women remained true to tradition and Wiriya SUWANNARATANA in 69kg became the fifth Thai to take the University World Title. This streak of victories was broken only in the 75kg where Commonwealth Games champion Marie-Eve BEAUCHEMIN-NADEAU of Canada triumphed ahead of Brazil’s Jacqueline ANTONIA FERREIRA, who repeated her silver winning position from 2012 but managed to win the gold in snatch. Poland continued to be the winning nation in the men’s 85kg at the North-Chiang Mai University, when Lukasz GRELA beat the better one of two Thai contestants by a margin of 10 kilos, all of which he could thank to his superior snatch performance. In the end, both GRELA and Sarat SUMPRADIT of Thailand clean and jerked 200kg and with the latter being 0.01kg lighter, the clean and jerk gold medal was kept on home

Host Thailand dominates first days of University Worlds

In the women’s events Thailand’s prominent and world-medalled athletes stole the show from the 48kg up to the 58kg categories, while the men’s first and second days produced Thai, Chinese and French winners, alternatingly. On home turf, Panida KHAMSRI, Kittima SUTHANAN and Sukanya SRISURAT were irresistible, as was Witoon MINGMOON (56kg). China’s YU Tao proved to be the best in the men’s 62kg and – at the end of a nice and close battle – France’s Bernardin KINGUE MATAM triumphed in the

4th World University Championships opened in Chiang Mai

In a spectacular Opening Ceremony the Governor of Chiang Mai Province opened the 4th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships today. The event hosted by the North-Chiang Mai University in the city with great traditions of weightlifting welcomes competitors from 28 countries. The kickoff of the Championships coincided with HM King Bumibhol Adulyadej’s birthday which the participants were proud to celebrate together with the hosts. In the first category, Thailand’s World Championship silver and bronze medallist Panida Khamsri excelled winning the Women’s 48kg ahead of Japanese and Turkish contestants. Follow the WUWC2014 Chiang Mai on our

IWF represented at ASOIF and IOC meetings

Two important Workshops took place in Lausanne with the involvement of the IWF; - a Good Governance Follow-up Workshop for the IFs held under the auspices of ASOIF and CIES; - and an IOC Workshop on Integrity in Sports. Both provided interesting and practical conclusions for the participating 27 Olympic International Federations, among those the IWF, which was represented by Attila Ádámfi, Director General and Anikó Németh-Móra, Director. On the following day, a Debrief meeting was held with the IFs and the IOC Sports Department at the Olympic Museum to summarize the experiences of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games and help future organisers with the wealth of knowhow offered by the participating International Federations. The IWF delegates also took the opportunity to have discussions with ASOIF and various IOC