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Olympic Solidarity Course, Argentina

In the framework of the Olympic Solidarity Program, Argentina is organizing a course for weightlifters and coaches until November 29th. The well known and recognized lecturer Mr. Marcelino del Frade (CUB), member of the IWF Technical Committee, from the Pan-American continent was appointed by the IWF to hold the lectures. This is again a great example for all IWF National Federations that through their National Olympic Committee they can apply for Olympic Solidarity

IWF Development Program in Ghana

A Weightlifting Educational Seminar was held in Ghana from 22 to 24 November. The complex course that ended today was organized in the framework of the IWF Development Program, and dealt with important anti-doping, coaching, nutrition and technical issues.   Organizing such courses regularly on the African continent has a great impact on the development of weightlifting and gives useful knowledge to the attendees on the basic requirements and technical rules of our sport.     Lectures were held by a renowned and experienced expert Mr. András Szabó, Professor at the Hungarian Corvinus University at the Media Centre of Accra Sports Stadium. Besides up-to-date information on nutrition and food-supplement, he presented studies on special warm up and training systems to complement training programs.   We would like to congratulate to the new Ghanaian President and leadership, and hope that to achieve further progress on the Continent, as well as in world competitions, they will pursue their efforts on the path of development.    The IWF notices with great admiration the devoted work of Mr. Husseini Akueteh Addy, General Secretary of the Ghanaian Weightlifting Federation in order to elaborate a successful course.

John Fahey to Remain WADA President until the End of 2013

Montreal, November 21, 2010 – During its meeting of November 21st held in Montreal, Canada, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Foundation Board endorsed a second three-year term for the Agency’s President, the Hon. John Fahey, and Vice-President, Prof. Arne

3rd World University Championships allocated to Eilat, Israel

At its meeting in Brussels, the FISU Executive Committee allocated the organisation of the 3rd World University Weightlifting Championships to the Israel Academic Sport Association.The Championships will be held in Eilat, from 5th to 10th November 2012.

The last competition days in Dongguan

Olympic Gold Medalist in Beijing, Lu Yong (CHN) won first place in the Men's 85kg bodyweight category at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, China with a total of 376kg. Second place went to the Uzbekistanian lifter Mansurbek Chashemov followed by Kim Kwang Hoon (KOR) who ended up third.   In Women’s 69kg, the Olympic Champion Liu Chunhong (CHN) won the gold convincingly by taking the lead both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk. The silver medalist Darmariani Sinta (INA) performed 4kg less (238kg) than her challenger while the bronze went to Wang Ya Jhen (TPE) who managed to lift a Total of 233kg.   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ), Olympic Gold Medalist in 2008 won the gold medal in Men's 94kg right before Ebrahimi Farbod Kamachali Ashgar (IRI), and Kim Min Jae (KOR).   In Women’s 75kg, Podobedova Svetlana (KAZ) showed her supremacy without being contested and won the gold with a huge margin of 22kg. The Kazakh lifter gifted her team the third weightlifting gold medal at the 16th Asian Games. Second place went to Cao Lei (CHN), Beijing Olympic Champion while Khromova Tatyana (KAZ) settled for the bronze with a Total of 250kg.   During the last day of competition, three A group categories were held in Dongguan Gymnasium.   In Men’s 105kg, the 19 year old Yang Zhe (CHN) stole the limelight by gifting China their first gold medal in this bodyweight category in 12 years! Silver medalist Efremov Ivan lifted a Total of 400kg and ended up the competition right ahead Istomin Sergei (KAZ).   Within Women’s +75kg, where the Korean Olympic Gold Medalist lifter, Jang Mi Ran won the so coveted first place! Second place went to Meng Suping (CHN), silver medalist of the 2010 Antalya World Championships while third place was awarded to the Kazakh Grabovetskaya Mariya. The last competition of the 16th Asian Games was Men’s SuperHeavy, where the Champion of the 2010 Antalya World Championships Salimikordasiabi Behdad (IRI) managed to keep his leading position until the end. Jeon Sangguen (KOR) got silver and Anoushiravani Sajjad got bronze

2010 European Junior and Under 23 Weightlifting Championships, Cyprus

The city of Limassol, on the south coast of Cyprus, will host the 2010 European Junior & Under 23 Weightlifting Championships, to be held from the 19th until 28th of November. The official time schedule will be announced after the verification of Final Entries during the Technical Meeting on 20 November 2010. According to the provisory time schedule, competitions will start on November 22nd and end on the 27th. For further details, updated information and competition results please refer to the official Website of the event: http://www.weightlifting.org.cy/events/2010/EuroJuniors/ Please note, that the „Polska Sztanga” and the EWF will broadcast live results transmission from the competition held in Limassol by the following link: