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Competitions started following the OWF Congress

OWF Congress with the participation of 18 Member Federations made historical decisions. The Constitution was amended to include a Women Vice President and a Women Committee led by Lilly Coffa, AUS was established. The Congress unanimously supported to honor Matthew Curtain with Life Membership for his long activity within the OWF, following his resignation (due his recent appointment as CGF Sports Director), and Trent Dabwido from NRU was appointed as Assistant Secretary. The real actions started today with Women 44kg competitions and 7 bodyweight categories will be concluded already on the first day. Follow the competitions live on IWF website (Scoreboard and webcast) and find the results

Last YOG Qualification Event started in New Caledonia

The 2014 Youth, Junior and Senior Oceania Championships started in Mont Dore, NCL, at the headquarter of the Oceania weightlifting. The event is also a YOG Qualification Event, being the last one before Nanjing YOG. The event started with Educational activities including IWF Anti-Doping Seminar by Dr. Kami Lisimoni, TGA, IWF Medical Committee Member, OWF Technical Seminar by Garry Marshall, NZL OWF TC Chairman, and will continue with Athletes and Coaches Seminar later during the week. The OWF Executive Board held its meeting with the participation of IWF President, Dr. Tamas Ajan and Director General, Attila Adamfi, where the Women Development Program was established. 189 athletes (74 women and 115 men) from 18 Member Federations are expected to participate and compete for the available YOG quotas. Follow the competitions live (Scoreboard and webcast) on the IWF

2014 World University World Championships update

2014 World University World Championships organizer send this message to the Weightlifting Family: “I am sure the news of the Thailand coup might catch the attention of everybody at present time. Let me clarify this situation to you that the coup in Thailand this time is not as bad as what you have experienced or as you have seen in some countries. There are no choices for Thai people at this time as the deepening rift between the two main political parties had escalated to the point where there was no chance for reconciliation between party leaders and fear for more loss of life among the protesting parties. As the discussions to restore peace to Thailand and prevent violence during the talks has completely failed. The army chief has no other choice but step in and take power from the government who has completely lost of their control of the situation As a member of the OC, who are organizing the World University Weightlifting Championship in Chiang Mai in December 2014 we are extremely confident the current situation will in no way affect the event going to be held in Chiang Mai. We would like to assure you that we believe there will be nothing affecting the upcoming event in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Chiang Mai is 800 kilometers away from Bangkok. The current situation in Chiang Mai is calm, peaceful and people are living their lives normally. We hope that the situation in Thailand will end soon. On 5th December 2014 which is the opening day of WUC (weightlifting) 2014, is the King’s birthday, the most beloved king to Thai people. We all will be celebrating the King’s birthday together in Chiang Mai.” If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact: [email protected] Source: Sawet Tachumpa Secretary, WUC (Weightlifting 2014) Chiang

Last Technical visit for the 2014 Nanjing YOG

IWF Director General Attila Adamfi made its last Technical visit prior to the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. Together with Li Hao, Weightlifting Competition Manager, they proceeded to the venue inspection. All meetings with the representatives of the major functional areas showed the advanced preparation of the Organizing Committee. Sports presentation, transportation as well as competition related details are being finalized while ten (10) days ago the timing and scoring - competition management system was approved. After the official test event being the 2013 Asian Youth Games, the Organizing Committee will held an internal test event as a second rehearsal in order to make sure everything is perfect to welcome the

ASOIF experts visited the IWF headquarters

Experts from the ASOIF (the Association of Summer Olympic International Federation) visited the IWF headquarters in Budapest. Together with the IWF Technical Team, they discussed the details of the cooperation between the two organizations on the ISIS (International Sport Information System) project. The ASOIF experts highly praised the level of the existing IWF technical

IWF Marketing Commission meeting in Beijing

The IWF Marketing Commission held its two days meeting in Beijing, China on 17-18 May 2014. Prior to the Meeting, the Members had the opportunity to meet Mr. Yang Shuan, Vice-President of the Chinese Olympic Committee. During the two days meeting, Members went through a crowded agenda including new Marketing Strategy. The Commission elaborated proposals to be presented to the IWF Executive Board having its next meeting in Kazan, Russia on the occasion of the 2014 IWF Junior