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Last farewell to Waldemar Baszanowski

Poland's sporting hero and one of the All-Time Greatest in Weightlifting, double Olympic champion Waldemar Baszanowski who died at the age of 75, received the last farewell in a requiem mass in Warsaw on 9th May 2011. Hundreds of friends, followers, colleagues and admirers, officials and weightlifters turned out for his funeral. The IWF and EWF were represented and obituaries, detailing Baszanowski's exceptional career and human qualities were heard from the Minister of Sport, the President of the Polish Olympic Committee, the IWF, the EWF and the Polish Weightlifting Federation. Poland's highest decoration was conferred on him posthumously by the President of the Chancellary. According to his wish, Baszanowski's ashes were laid to rest in a family grave in Warsaw. Once again, the Weightlifting Family expresses its deepest condolences to his wife, Teresa and

The 2011 IWF Youth World Championships started in Lima, Peru

The first official day of the 2011 IWF Youth World Championships held in Lima, Peru ended yesterday, 10 May 2011. The start list has been published on the IWF website. Altogether 204 athletes (87 women and 117 men) from 34 different countries will participate. The Opening Ceremony took place at the central square of Miraflores district in Lima, Peru where besides the Vice Mayor of Lima, and the President of the Peruvian National Sport Institute, Mr. Jose Quinones, President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation and of the Peruvian Olympic Committee delivered a welcome speech and warmly greeted all participants. Representing the IWF, Vice President Mr. Nicu Vlad welcomed the delegations and officially opened this second edition of the Youth World Championships. Following the Opening Ceremony, a reception was held, where all the countries were represented. The 2011 IWF Youth World Championships started today with the competitions of the boys' 50kg category with a good lift of Flavio Lahuanampa from Peru. You can follow the competition results on our live scoreboard by the following link

The Olympic Museum’s Hope photo contest: Win a trip to Lausanne, Switzerland

The Olympic Museum has just launched a photo contest in conjunction with the temporary exhibition currently showing at The Olympic Museum! There are many prizes to be won including a VIP tour of The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Other prizes include photo and/or video equipment. Please read the Group Rules on Flickr. How do I take part? It's easy! Take and share one or more photos that represent one or more of the Olympic values: •Friendship through sport•Respect through sport•Excellence through sport TAKE PART IN THE CONTEST HERE: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hopecontest Please note that, on a regular basis and for a limited period of time, a random selection of photos submitted for the contest will be featured in the HOPE temporary exhibition at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Contest dates: 31 March to 15 September 2011. Good

Candidatures to host future World Championships

The following World Championships are yet to be allocated: 2013 Youth World Championships2013 Junior World Championships2013 World Championships2014 Junior World Championships2014 World Championships National Federations wishing to host any of the above events should send the letter of intent and the Candidature Form, as well as deposit the relevant fee stipulated in Article 18.3 of the IWF Constitution before 2nd September

Lima is ready for the Youth World Championships

Jose Quiñones, President of the Peruvian Olympic Committee and President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation is handling the preparation of the 2nd Youth World Championships held in the city of Lima, Peru. With hard Team work, great conditions will be ensured by the organizers in order to make this great event a real success. During her technical visit Ms. Éva Moska, IWF Assistant to President expressed her contentment in regard to the encouraging progress in preparations. "Everything is ready and the organizers are waiting for the participants to arrive." - said Mr. Jose Quiñones who finalized the last details with his Team. More than 200 lifters are expected to compete at the 2nd Youth World Championships taking place at the Maria Angola Convention Center. The venue is at walking distance from the accommodation of the delegations. The first competition day is 10 May 2011. Good luck to all

Hosting the 2017 Summer Universiade enjoys great interest

The 2nd May, at midnight, was the deadline for submitting the candidatures for the 2017 Winter and Summer Universiades. FISU is extremely pleased to inform you that for the 2017 Summer Universiade, official candidatures were received from Kocaeli (TUR), Brasilia (BRA) and Taipei City (TPE). For the 2017 Winter Universiade, FISU received a candidature from the cities of Trento (ITA) and Almaty (KAZ). Weightlifting will make its first appearance on the program of Summer Universiades in 2011, and we have the pleasure to announce that it remains on program for the 2013 edition. On May 18th, 2011, the candidate cities will be invited to Brussels to participate in a workshop. The Games will be attributed in November 2011. Source: Eric Saintrond FISU Secretary