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

January 15, 2011

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

January 13, 2011

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

January 12, 2011

2018 Olympic bid process – all three Candidate Cities submit their Files

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has received the Candidature Files of three Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Munich (Germany), Annecy (France) and PyeongChang (South Korea) all delivered their files by the deadline of 11

January 11, 2011

REMINDER

All National and Continental Federations are requested to send their international events: name, date, and place to be inserted in the 2011 Calendar. You can send all competition related information to Ms. Aniko Nemeth-Mora ([email protected]) in order to enable us in updating the

January 10, 2011

Jesmond Caruana is very close to win the Official of the Year in Malta

Jesmond Caruana in among the top five candidates for the Official of the Year award in Malta! Federation Internationale de l'Automobile President Jean Todt will be visiting Malta later this month to present the 2010 Sport Malta Awards. It will be the former Ferrari F1 Manager's first visit as FIA President. The finalists in all five categories were announced early January. The Weightlifting Family notices with great pleasure that Mr. Jesmond Caruana was nominated in the category of Official of the Year 2010 due to his dedicated national and international work as Weightlifting Official. The International Weightlifting community is eagerly waiting to hear the final announcement. Good luck

January 06, 2011

,,Originality and Magic,, – Disneyland Paris will host the 2011 World Championships!

"Originality and Magic" will be the catchwords of the 2011 World Championships which - after coordination between the French Organising Committee and the IWF - have been relocated to the Disneyland Paris.At Europe's famous and exciting "Wonderland" all the WWC facilities will be provided in one compact venue: the hotels for all participants, the competition venue, meetings and training hall are all within a small circle at the Disneyland Village. The 2011 WWC is easily accessible: - 30 minutes from Paris by car (32 km) or by local train (RER) - Close to 2 international airports, Charles De Gaulle and Orly Note the new dates of the 2011 WWC, which will serve as the second Main Qualification Event for the London Olympic Games: - IWF Meetings and Congress: 2-4 November 2011 - WWC Competitions: 5-13 November