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Pan American Games in Guadalajara Mexico

The Pan American Games will feature the 28 sports that are competed at the Summer Olympic Games as well as additional disciplines proposed by the host country and the International Federations. Altogether 36 sports will be represented in Guadalajara, Mexico at the XVI Pan American Games. Weightlifting Competition will be held from 23 to 27 October 2011 at the Weightlifting Forum Venue. The Organizers await the participation of 125 athletes (69 Men and 56 Women) who will compete to win the so coveted Gold Medal. The Opening Ceremony will take place on 14 October at the Omnilife Stadium. Only 52 days to go, see you in Guadalajara! For more details check out the website of the event:

Golden Podium Awards SPORTEL Monaco

The 22nd Georges Bertellotti GOLDEN PODIUM AWARDS will be held on Tuesday 11 October 2011, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Amazing goals, sets won, winning sprints... All the greatest stories of 2011 in sport, recorded on cameras all over the world. The 22nd edition of Golden Podiums Awards, coming this October at SPORTEL Monaco, has started! Each winning director for the best sports sequences and slow motions will receive the Golden Podium Award during the Ceremony, to be held on Tuesday October 11, and presided by H.S.H. For more information click here

2010 IWF World Championships – Qualification Team Classification updated

The results of the 2010 IWF World Championships are updated.Please note that this classification is not final and will be updated accordingly.The updated Qualification Team Classification can be found here:Men /

Tomorrow is the kick off of the XIV Pacific Games

Starting from tomorrow, Noumea, New Caledonia will be hosting the biggest Pacific Games ever held. The Opening Ceremony of the XIV Pacific Games is set for Saturday August 27th at 7pm. The Games will be televised live to quite a few countries around the world. The President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, will officially open the Games. The weightlifting event will be one of the highlights of the Games. World class lifters like Dika Toua (PNG), Ele Opeloge (Samoa), Yukio Peter (Nauru), Manuel Minginfel (FSM) Manueli Tulo (Fiji) Itte Detenamo (Nauru) and many others will take centre stage on September 5-7. The Oceania Weightlifting Institute is ready to provide the 18 Pacific countries competing in the sport of weightlifting the best possible training

IWF’s victory in CAS case: Iranian athlete remains suspended

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the athlete, Mr. Ali-Hosseini Saeid (IRI) request to annul the Decision of the IWF Doping Hearing Panel. Consequently the athlete remains under suspension for 12 years until 24th October 2021 rather than life ban.

WARNING – Clenbuterol / Methylhexaneamine – contamination

WADA Accredited Laboratories issued warnings on both substances. Methylhexaneamine (S6. Stimulants): From 2011 Methylhexaneamine has been re-classified as a Specified Stimulant. Methylhexaneamine is increasingly being found in nutritional supplements, typically those that are designed to increase energy or aid weight loss. Any product that contains any of the following ingredients on the label may be reported as an Adverse Analytical Finding for Methylhexaneamine: Methylhexaneamine; Methylhexanamine; DMAA (dimethylamylamine); Geranamine; Forthane; Forthan; Floradrene; 2-hexanamine, 4-methyl-; 2-hexanamine, 4-methyl- (9CI); 4-methyl-2-hexanamine; 1,3-dimethylamylamine; 4-Methylhexan-2-amine; 1,3-dimethylpentylamine; 2-amino-4-methylhexane; Pentylamine, 1, 3-dimethyl-. Clenbuterol (S2. Anabolic Agents): The most effected countries are China and Mexico. In both cases the misuse of clenbuterol as growth promoter caused food