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Nazik Avdalyan (ARM) will be back to sports in two years

Nazik Avdalyan (ARM), European and World Champion will be back to sports in two years after a car accident and lumbar surgery. "After the rehabilitation process we will consult with the doctors and find out when I can start practicing. I am sorry that I cannot participate in the World Championship and Olympic Games but I am happy for the chance to come back to sports. I have missed it a lot," she told a press conference in Yerevan. As for now, the sportswoman studies law and is busy with the construction of her own sports school. She confessed that she has always dreamt that weightlifters had a separate training hall. "I wish to see women's weightlifting develop in Armenia and I want to help young sportswomen," Ms. Avdalyan said. Avdalyan got in a car accident on Yerevan-Gyumri motorway in April. She had a lumbar injury and comminuted fracture of the first

National Sports Festival in Goyang – a Tune-up for London Olympics

The weeklong 92nd National Sports Festival was held in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea featuring 17,983 athletes ranging from promising new talents to Olympic gold medalists like weightlifter Jang Mi-ran. Ms. Mi-ran, who was due to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships next month in Paris, will not be able to perform because of a pelvis

Mexican President opened 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara

The Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, declared open in Omnilife Stadium the Guadalajara Pan-Am Games, which will take place until October 30."I solemnly declare inaugurated the XVI Pan-Am Games," said Calderon under the enthusiastic eye of the 49,000 spectators present in the Stadium. Calderon proclaimed his "certainty" that the Games symbolize the "union of fraternity, piece, and prosperity" among the American nations. Weightlifting competition starts on 23 October with 125 athletes (69 men and 56 women). The organization of the quadrennial event, which draw 6,000 athletes from 42 nations in the Americas, is sure to come under intense scrutiny as Mexico plays host to its first major event since the 1986 World Cup, and first big multi-sport competition since the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The games offer direct qualification in a dozen sports to next year's Olympics. The Netherlands Antilles will have 11 athletes competing under the flag of the Pan American Sports Organization because the International Olympic Committee no longer recognizes it as an independent country. Next year, athletes from the islands located off the northeast coast of South America will compete under the IOC flag in London.

India’s medals tally swells at Cape Town

India added 56 medals, including 17 gold, on the third day of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championship in Cape Town to swell their medall tally to 89.Yukar Sibi won three gold in junior men's 62kg with a total lift of 264kg (116+148). Jagdish and Neeraj Sharma also won three gold each in 69kg and 77kg events of the youth competition with total lifts of 234kg (104+130) and 276kg (125+151).In the senior competition, Rustam Sarang won two gold and a silver in 62kg with a total lift of 268kg (120+148).Youth competition ended in Cape Town, South Africa. Check out the RESULTS

The 4th Vladan Mihajlovic Memorial with world-class lineup

The 4th International Tournament held in the dear memory of Vladan Mihajlovic, legendary international and European official (Yougoslavia/Serbia) in Subotica, SRB boasted a lineup including French world champion Venceslav Dabaya and other renowned Olympians. Lifters from 7 countries took part in the Tournament organised by the Serbian Weightlifting Federation, under the capable leadership of Milan Mihajlovic, SSDT President. The IWF was represented by the President's special envoy Anikó Németh-Móra. The entire French national squad was among the participants and they also took the Best Lifter trophies by the Sinclair point system. "We are very grateful to the IWF, in particular to its President Dr. Tamás Aján for the ongoing support to this Tournament, which is now an annual, regular Calendar Event" - said Mr. M. Mihajlovic - and we are doing our best to further upgrade its quality for the years to come." The next edition is planned to take place in the capital, Belgrade under the increased support of the Serbian Olympic

WFA Executive Board Meeting

On the 9th and 10th October, the WFA Executive Board had its meeting on the occasion of the African Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa in the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President. Among others, the Board discussed the date and place of the African Youth and Junior Championships (November 2011, Kampala, UGA) and the IWF African Qualification Event (28th March - 2nd April 2012, Nairobi, KEN). The Executive Board discussed in details the Constitution and approved to be submitted to the WFA Congress. The Executive Board also approved the utilization plan of the CF Contribution funds provided by the IWF presented by the Development Director of