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Weightlifting in Turkey: The Most Successful Federation in 2010!

The Turkish Weightlifting Federation, under the leadership of President Dr. Hasan Akkus, was officially proclaimed by the Turkish government and Sports Authority as the most successful in the year 2010. The THF activities included the successful organization of the Olympic Qualification World Championships in Antalya and the gold medals the country's weightlifters achieved therein. The important recognition was confirmed by increased state support to the Federation's activities. Furthermore, Dr. Akkus has just reported that at the financial congress of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation, the 146 delegates, including Minister of Sport, etc. accepted and highly acknowledged his Federation's financial and sports activities report. Congratulations and best wishes to the

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New LOCOG Members on stage!

LOCOG welcomes Keith Morgan (Technical Operations Manager) and Margaret Lynes (Services Manager) as new members who joined respectively the Weightlifting & IPC Powerlifting team. Keith is considered to be one of Great Britain's most experienced coaches having represented GB at numerous international events including the World and European Championships. More recently, he was a team coach for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and has served as the Head Coach of the Crystal Palace Weightlifting club for over twenty years. Prior to this, Keith served his full term at the Metropolitan Police Force, retiring in 1996. Margaret joins LOCOG having worked for the office of Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) for a number of years as an Inspector responsible for children's homes, boarding schools, residential family centers and adoption services. Administratively, Margaret served as England's Weightlifting Section Manager at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and is also an Executive Board Member of British Weightlifting. Prior to this, she was a team official for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and a competitor at the 2002 Manchester

2011 advanced coach training course in Thailand

Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) held an advanced training for coaches in year of 2011 during January 13-14, 2011 at Ratanagosin Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The main objective is to leverage efficiency of Thai Coaches' technical knowhow in addition to innovate knowhow such an international standard coaching course.  TAWA was also honoured to have Mr. Yeom Dongchul - Korean Coach - come to give us knowledge in order to improve many techniques of weightlifting

Star-studded lineup at the 1st China IWF Grand Prix

Though all in all not too many (48) competitors constitute the entries of the inaugural China IWF Grand Prix, twenty countries from 4 continents are represented at this competition held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. The Chinese team, full of World champions - e.g. Wu Jingbiao, Lu Xiaojun, Ding Jianjun among the men or Chen Xiaoting, Deng Wei among the women, etc. - as well as Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) represent the highest standard in weightlifting despite their pre-season form. At this Grand Prix, results of which will count into the individual Olympic Qualification for 2012 London, the host Chinese Weightlifting Association, under the baton of President and IWF General Secretary Mr. Ma Wenguang is also delivering the usual top-standard organisation and catering for the athletes and officials present. Winning athletes receive prize money and CCTV is televising the event live. The competitions last on two days and results will be available on this

New edition of the National Competition Management System

The IWF has introduced the National Competition Management System (NCMS) in 2006. This application - similar to the IWF TIS used on the World Championships - provides a complex solution available for National Federations to manage national and international weightlifting competitions.This application is used by several countries around the world with great satisfaction. The IWF is continuously updating the software according to the latest rules and in the near future the renewed version of IWF NCMS will be available. The NCMS 2011 edition will not only include the latest rules but following the technology improvements, it will be operational with Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007.The operation of the software will be easier and more efficient. Considering the growing interest for youth competitions and the different bodyweight categories within, the new application will be able to manage combined competitions including youth, junior and senior.By using the 2011 version 3 different competitions can run at the same time, in all 3 age groups (youth, junior, senior) and as a result of such an update the system can provide the 9 separate Result Books automatically from this combined competition. As soon as the NCMS 2011 edition will be completed, we will inform you on our website and in the IWF Newsletter. For further information please contact