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1500th medal to be awarded tomorrow in the women’s 69kg

On the 22nd of September 2010 during the competition of Group A in the women's 69kg category the 1500th Women's World Championship medal will awarded. On the occasion of this round number, Kornel Jancso, Editor in Chief the World Weightlifting Magazine and Aniko Nemeth-Mora, Senior Editor will award a special prize to the winner of the gold medal in Clean &

Third day continues with record

During the 3rd day in women's 58kg category DENG Wei (CHN) showed without being contested her dominating position not only by winning the gold medal, but also setting a new Youth World Record in Clean & Jerk. The second place went to NOVIKAVA Nastassia who had a hard time after a small injury during her second Clean & Jerk attempt, but she managed to take the silver in total with 233kg. JONG Chun Mi (PKR) got two medals, a silver in Clean & Jerk and a bronze in Total. In men's 62kg category KIM Un Guk dominated the snatch by lifting 147kg followed with 173kg in Clean & Jerk for a 320kg Total and won the gold! After a successful start and a bronze medal in Snatch, the Chinese lifter DING Jianjun had a serious knee injury and wasn't able to come out for his second attempt of the Clean & Jerk and couldn't finish the competition. ZHANG Jie (CHN) fighted out the second place in Total and won a gold medal in Clean & Jerk. The Turkish lifter BILGIN Erol easily managed to keep his bronze medal winning position in Total next to a silver performed in

Second day of competition

The 19th of September 2010 In the women's 53kg category CHEN Xiaoting (CHN) won without any difficulties all 3 gold medals in Snatch (100kg), in Clean & Jerk (122kg) and in Total with a result of 222kg. Besides a bronze medal in Snatch the Turkish lifter DASDELEN Aylin got 2 silver medals in Clean & Jerk and in Total. Dominican Republic was proud to celebrate the 2 medals of their lifter CONTRERAS Yuderqui who performed good lifts and won a silver medal in Snatch and a bronze in Total. After 3 successful attempts, Miyake Hiromi managed to take the third place in Clean & Jerk and was honored to receive the bronze medal. In the men's 56kg WU Jungbiao (CHN) won 2 gold (Snatch and Total) and one silver medal in Clean & Jerk after an outstanding performance. The other Chinese lifter LONG Qingquan and the North Korean lifter CHA Khum Chol both got two medals, each a silver and a bronze, and the third place in Clean & Jerk has been won by BERNA Carlos from Colombia who managed to lift 152kg at his last

New World Record set by Turkey on the first day!

The host country won 6 of the 9 medals aspired by the athletes on the first day of the competition. . Turkey won 3 gold medals, 2 silvers and a bronze at the World Championships Antalya in the women 48 kg category. TAYLAN Nurcan, the gold medalist of the Olympic Games 2004 and bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang won all 3 gold medals in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. She set a World Record in Clean & Jerk with lifting 121kg thus adding 1 kg to Chinese CHEN's former record. The second Turkish athlete ŐZKAN Sibel, silver medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang, kept her second place in the Total with 205 kg and in Snatch with 90 kg, but in Clean & Jerk, her performance of 115kg was only enough to win her a bronze medal. The 17 years old Chinese weightlifter TIAN Yuan, gold medalist of the first Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore set 3 Youth World Records in the 48kg category in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. The now 7 times World record holder athlete won two bronze medals (Snatch: 88kg, Total: 204kg) and managed to take the second place in the Clean & Jerk with 116kg right ahead of ŐZKAN

IWF proves it’s serious about the anti-doping fight

At the IWF Congress held in Antalya on 16th September 2010, the International Federation demonstrated its strength and proved that it is extremely serious about its fight against the plague of doping. As it is know, an important part and condition to battle doping in sport is the supply of the so-called "athletes' whereabouts" information, which may serve as a basis for unannounced out-of-competition controls. the IWF Anti-Doping Policy (just like the WADA Code) in place since 2009 clearly specifies that the whereabouts information must be submitted by the National Federations to the IWF before specified deadlines on all members of the national teams. In spite of this being a general obligation and despite several reminders it was found that 19 out of the 81 nations that entered competitors to the World Championships in Antalya failed to comply with their obligation to submit the whereabouts information on their athletes. The IWF Anti-Doping Commission discussed the issue; this was followed by an in-depth deliberation by the IWF Executive Board. The option of not allowing these countries to participate in Antalya was seriously contemplated. Finally, the Board decided to issue a notice of serious warning to the 19 National Federations concerned, saying that this was the last time they would be allowed to take part; this notice entailing a 5,000$ fine; and failing to pay the fine would entail the cancellation of all results by the team concerned at the WWC 2010. The IWF thus issued another clear message to its membership that it will not tolerate any serious diversion from the track of the anti-doping fight it chose to walk on many years ago.

ELEIKO sole supplier for the 2012 Olympic Games in London

We are delighted to announce that Eleiko has been appointed as a SOLE SUPPLIER FOR THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON. The Eleiko weightlifting equipment will be used at the Test Event as well as at the Olympic Competition.  For more than 50 years Eleiko has taken an active part in international weightlifting. Our products have been delivered to 160 countries all over the world. The trademark stands for quality, competence and success. More than 900 world recordsSince the World Championships in Stockholm in 1963, when Eleiko was used for the first time in an international championship, more than 900 world records have been set by athletes using Eleiko barbells. – The whole Eleiko crew is very proud of this announcement, says Lennart Blomberg, Managing Director at Eleiko Sport in Sweden. – We are well aware of that this achievement would not have been possible without the considerable support of the International Weightlifting Federation. We thank you for the trust in the Eleiko