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European Coaches Forum held in Rome, Italy

The EWF held a European Coaches Forum at the Centro di Preparazione Olimpica Rome, Italy. 36 Coaches from 29 Federations attended the very successful course. The topic was the introduction of a “European Coaching Passport”. During the 2 days Forum, important discussions were initiated and Member Federations shared coaching procedures and exchanged knowledge. The main presenter at the Forum was Colin Buckley, EWF Executive Board Member in charge of the European Coaching Framework. The IWF was represented by Mr Milan Mihajlovic, Member of the IWF Coaching & Research

Updated TO Examination

The IWF Technical Committee has updated the IWF Technical Officials’ Examination documents following the IWF TCRR 2013-2016. The documents can be found in the Download Center. IWF Technical Officials’ Examination - Questions IWF Technical Officials’ Examination -

Iraqi Weightlifting Federation Elections

The Iraqi Weightlifting Federation held its Elections on 9 January 2014. The following Officials were elected: President: Mohammed Kadum Mezail Vice President: Mohammed Hassan Jaloud General Secretary: Dr.Mustafa Salih

Sochi 2014 Torch Relay

On Monday, the Sochi Olympic torch arrives in the city of Volgograd. Sochi is approximately 600 miles south of Volgograd. Next the torch relay heads 22 miles north to Shakhty. Sochi 2014 says nine Olympic champions and one Paralympic champion were born in Shakhty. Legendary Russian weightlifting coach David Riegert will run with the torch in Shakhty. On Friday, the flame arrives in the city of Stavropol. Weightlifting champion Andrey Chemerkin and Olympic swimmer Eugene Kuznetsov are among the torchbearers who will carry the flame in Stavropol. Source: Aroundtherings Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch

IWF expanding its Technology Partners

A successful IWF Technology License meeting completed today in Corgemont, SUI at the Headquarter of Swiss Timing, the provider for the recent and upcoming Olympic Games. Swiss Timing Ltd. providing the competition management hardware, together with SsangYong Information and Communication Corp. (SICC) providing the competition management software ensures a complex solution for weightlifting competitions. Attila Adamfi, IWF Director General was happy to experience the perfect operation and expressed the IWF's satisfaction towards the future cooperation for the upcoming events, including the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Asian

Albanian Federation leaders paying visit to IWF Secretariat

The top leaders of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation, President Elez Gjoza, General Secretary Muharrem Berisha and Honorary President Prof. Gudar Beqiraj paid a courtesy visit to the IWF Secretariat in Budapest. The high ranking Federation officials expressed their compliments on the occasion of Dr Tamas Ajan's birthday and vowed to continue the fruitful cooperation between the International and the Albanian