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Become a staff member of LOCOG

London 2012 is seeking to recruit a Weightlifting Services Manager responsible for the planning, organization, management and conduct of the administration functions of the Weightlifting event at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Powerlifting event at the Paralympic Games. Those interested in the position can get more details on the following

Doping controls in Antalya

From the 515 athletes participating at the 2010 World Championships held in Antalya, Turkey 141 were subjected to doping control. The International Weightlifting Federation states that in its fight against doping, this high percentage (approximately 28% of the athletes competing in Antalya were tested) has to be

Education Program in Antalya

For the 5th time since the IWF has launched its Education Program it is running as a great success. The most recent edition of the lectures took place during the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya on the 18th and the 22nd of September with translators working simultaneously in 4 languages: Chinese, Spanish, Russian and French. Renowned and experienced lecturers were present such as:Mr. Kyle Pierce, Professor in the Kinesiology and Health Science Department at the Louisiana State University in Shreveport started on Ethical issues and the Olympic Movement.Mr. Sam Coffa, IWF Vice President, Chairman of the Technical Committee discussed Technical issues and rule modifications in Weightlifting.Mr. Attila Ádámfi, Competition Director of the IWF talked about another aspect of Technical issues and comptition management.To conclude, Dr. Ágnes Tiszeker, Director of the Hungarian Anti-Doping Organization and medical doctor gave up to date information on anti-doping related news and regulations. She presented the downsides of doping under medical and sporting terms as well. In order to best meet your expectations, we are improving our Program and Methods from one Seminar to the other. We would like to draw your attention to the importance of these sessions for the athletes and coaches in order to give them broader information about Weightlifting related topics. Our responsibility is to offer every attendee the same opportunity to receive answers to questions they may have regarding the discussed

Antalya 2010 WWC Overall

At the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Weightlifting Championships Antalya, the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Mehmet Ali Sahin said during his inaugural speech that „There is one language which is spoken as a common one by mankind, and it's the language of sports." He also said that this competition will contribute to peace and friendship among participating countries. The Weightlifting Championships held in Antalya, Turkey was a well organized and wonderfully managed competition that welcomed 515 participating lifters out of 74 countries. 65 platforms were provided for the training within the competition hall which considerably facilitated the work out sessions of the athletes. 203 women from 50 countries competed on stage at the Expo Center for the 21st edition for Women World Championships. This year's competition has been mostly about breaking records. Women performed above all expectations with setting 20 new World Records. The majority where realized by lifters from China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. The one and only World Record among Men was set by the Chinese lifter LIAO Hui who dominated the 69kg category and showed a high technical superiority in his outstanding performance. He broke the Senior World Records in Clean & Jerk as well as in Total. The 1500th Women's World Championship Medal was awarded to SHIMKOVA Svetlana (RUS) who reached first place in the Women 69kg bodyweight category. The ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission's Trophy of "Best Lifter" within Men went to LIAO Hui (CHN) while the "Best Women" Trophy was awarded to KASHIRINA Tatiana (RUS). According to the Team classification, the first 6 best performing Men and Women Team stood up on stage during the Closing Ceremony to receive a special award. Within the 312 participating men lifters out of 63 countries, the Chinese Team finished as first. The ranking follows as Russia, Poland, Uzbekistan, Iran and Korea. Among Women, China, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Colombia and Thailand got awarded within Team classification. (For more details please consult the RESULT BOOK) Altogether 28 athletes from 11 countries won the so highly coveted Gold Medals.We were delighted to witness great fights, happy surprises, and tactical games as well as unfortunate defeats. On behalf of the IWF we are thankful to the Turkish Organizing Committee and Dr.Hasan Akkus for providing successful and pleasurable Championships. Regarding the qualifications for the Olympic Games, you can consult the current ranking for London 2012 on the IWF official website by the following links Women /

Worldwide Television Exposure

Across both Europe and Asia there was extensive ‘live' coverage of this year's World Weightlifting Championships from Antalya, Turkey including: Eurosport's pan European coverage to over sixty European countries in nineteen languages - plus Eurosport's Asia/Pacific service to a further fourteen countries including Australia, Brunei, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tonga and Vietnam. The Championships were also broadcasted nationwide by the following national broadcasters: CCTV, the National broadcaster of China NTV Plus in Russia The Public Television Company of Armenia Khabar TV of Kazakhstan Supporting the ‘live' broadcasts there were also daily world wide news reports originated by Reuters and the EBU's Eurovision news service. Additionally, television crews from China, France, Korea and Germany are in Antalya reporting on the performance and progress of their respective

Seminar in the framework of the IWF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM in MALTA

We would like to draw your attention to the IWF - Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation (MWC) seminar in the framework of the Development Program which will be held from 20th to 23rd October in Malta (Seashells Resort at Suncrest-Qawra) during the "V Mediterranean Cup". Renowned and experienced lecturers will lecture about "New skills for developing Weightlifting" The program of the seminar is the following: Stabilometric analysis:• Determining the COP (centre of pressure) and the centre of balance of the sub plantar region;• Stabilometric analysis with one and with two tests;• Statokinesigrams and their confidence ellipses; • Determining the centre of pressure and the centre of mass;• Controlling and over-controlling oscillations: spectral interaction density;• Vectogram of the vertical forces;• Posture profile;• Brownian diffusion;• Asymmetry diagram;• Rehabilitation and biofeedback. Static and dynamic baropodometry:• Visualizing the sub plantar loads valorizing the Kpa;• Analyzing the phases of the step. Functional recovery• Test of explosive force with sensorize detectors Lecturers of Italian Federation's National School will be Prof. VARALDA Carlo and Dr. FEBI Massimiliano. We would like to ask every official and team leader to make sure that their athletes will honor the project by their presence during the training camp from 20th to 23rd and seminar that will be held Saturday 23rd October at 9:00. The MWC, with the funds allocated by the IWF, will contribute to paying the travel expenses for two people only (1 athlete and one coach per country) with a contribution of 130 euro per person as well as paying bed and board for 4 days and transport in Malta. By Dr Maurizio Lo Buono, President of the