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Weightlifting’s attention turns to Paris

IWF Competition Director Mr. Attila Adamfi, Member of the IWF Technical Committee Mr. Robert Nagy and Communication Manager Ms. Lilla Rozgonyi were in Paris during last week for a technical visit in order to discuss the latest details concerning the preparation of the World Weightlifting Championships Paris 2011. Weightlifting Competitions will be held at the Pierre de Coubertin Stadium from the 12th until the 20th of November 2011. According to the preliminary timetable, the verification will be on the 10th of November 2011, while the Congress and the Opening Ceremony are planed to take place on the 11th of November. The first competition day of the event will be the 12th of November 2011. During their formal call the IWF delegates had several meetings with the Organizing Committee of Paris 2011 and discussed numerous topics regarding the venue layout as well as the accommodation of the Delegations. The IWF is looking forward to the World Weightlifting Championships 2011 held in Paris, France and is grateful to the organizing committee for weightlifting's requirements receiving maximum focus with regard to work and

26th Summer Universiade, weightifting included, to open in ten months in Shenzhen, China

The 26th Summer Universiade - with weightlifting on its program for the first time - will open in less than 10 months in Shenzhen, China. FISU Technical Chair for Weightlifting, Mrs. Anikó Németh-Móra is currently on the 2nd inspection visit in the Chinese metropolis of 14 Million inhabitants, one of the fastest-growing cities of the world, in order to oversee the preparations. "Though the weightlifting venue, a brand new facility, just like the adjacent Training Halls (both buildings to serve the Shenzhen Sports School later on) are quite far from being completed, knowing the construction potential of Chinese people and Shenzhen's commitment to the success of the Games, I am pretty confident that they will be ready for March 2011, as promised." says Mrs. Németh-Móra. "During the visit, alongside other sports Chairs on the FISU Games program, we have conducted very useful and conclusive discussions with the Shenzhen Organising Committee. We expect a minimum of 30 countries and about 300 competitors to take part in the Universiade and will do everything together with the hosts to make weightlifting a great success at the Games. Our sport's events will start, as usual, on the day following the Opening Ceremony, i.e. on 13th August 2011, and last through six competition days. I hope that the member National Federations of the IWF and the National University Sports Federations will join forces and send as many weightlifters as possible to Shenzhen in their Universiade

You may win round-the-world air ticket by submitting Bio info!

To encourage athletes to complete the Biography Questionnaire towards the Asian Games in Guangzhou, Infostrada Sports is continuing a policy of giving the chance for the athletes to get something back by organizing a "Biography Draw". Every athlete who enters his/her details into the Infostrada Sports System goes into a draw with the chance to win a round-the-world air ticket! It is not the first time that the Infostrada Sports gives such opportunity! They did it for the Vancouver Winter Games and most recently for the Delhi Commonwealth Games where a weightlifter of the Seychelles, Terence Dixie won the round-the-world air ticket! It also gives a great occasion to the athletes competing in Guangzhou to promote themselves and the sport of weightlifting in the media. We invite every athlete who wants to seize this opportunity to submit their information by the following link:

Be our 1,000th Fan and receive our special gift collection!

Only after 2 months from the creation of the IWF'S Facebook Page it is fast approaching the magical number of 1000 Fans. Be the one, our 1000th and receive our special gift collection! Thank you all for joining us

Update of the International Referees list

We would like to kindly draw our National Federations' attention to the lists of International Referees Cat. 1 and 2 ever registered by the IWF that we sent out for verification on the 11th of October 2010. In order to update our data, we request you to check your country's list carefully and correct the possible mistakes. Please return the corrected and completed sheets to the IWF Secretariat either by e-mail ([email protected]) or fax (+36 1 353 0199) by the 25th of October 2010.   Thank you for your cooperation, The IWF

30 Days Remaining Before Opening Ceremonies for the 16th Asian Games

The 16th Asian Games (www.gz2010.cn/en), part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has 30 days remaining before the Opening Ceremonies of the Games on Friday, November 12. The Asian Games are the second largest sports event in the world after the Summer Olympic Games. Games organizers and civic officials are in the final preparation work for the Games with all final construction within the city, including all final beautification projects, must be completed by November 1. More than 80 percent of the stadiums used for training and competition during the Games will be connected by subway trains. This includes an all-new subway line from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport - some 35 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou - linking the city of 10 million residents with the airport which has doubled in size in anticipation of the Games and future growth of the Pearl River Delta. The Asian Games Torch Relay has started from its lighting last week at the Great Wall from Beijing to 21 cities in Guangdong Province. It will also travel to Harbin in Heilongjiang, Changchun in Jilin and Haiyang in Shandong. More than 2,000 torch bearers ranging from 6 to 100 years old will participate in the one-month