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Weightlifting Athlete Role Model Pawina Thongsuk impressed by YOG venue

Singapore - 14 August 2010: Thailand's Olympic Champion Pawina Thongsuk visited the YOG Weightlifting venue, the Toa Payoh Sports Hall today. Acting as weightlifting's 'Athlete Role Model' at these Games, Pawina said she was very impressed by the beautiful design and high-standard setup of the weightlifting venue. Indeed, the stage and the Field of Play look beautiful and the technical staff and all facilities are ready for the start of the Games. Find out more about Weightlifting at the YOG also here:

Teams ready, officials ready: Weightlifting at YOG can kick off tomorrow

Singapore - On 13 August 2010, Olympic Team Managers verified their Final Entries at the meeting held in the YOG Competition Venue: the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. The Start List published today, 14 August 2010 includes a total of 108 young athletes, aged 16 and 17 years, representing 65 nations from the five continents. For all of them it will be the first chance to lift on an Olympic stage. Both athletes and officals are looking forward to the kick-off of the 1st Youth Olympic Games with great excitement. After today's Technical Officials' meeting, conducted by Sam Coffa, Event Delegate and TC Chairman, in the presence of Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President and Ma Wenguang, IWF General Secretary, the officials inspected the venue and "cleared it" for the Games to begin tomorrow. The weightlifting competitions will last through five days, 15-19 August. The Singapore Organising Committee, in particular the Weightlifting Competition manager Tom Liaw have been doing an outstanding job providing excellent and spectacular facilities that match the standard of any high-class event, including the Olympic Games.

Singapore 2010 is about to begin

World of Weightlifting is looking forward to the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games hosted by Singapore held between the 14th until the 26th of August. The Games will attract about 3600 young athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 205 National Olympic Committees.     The first edition of the YOG will welcome 60 male and 50 female athletes out of the 110 participating weightlifters under the Qualification Guidelines of the IOC and the IWF. The Toa Payoh Sports Hall will host the Weightlifting competition.     The Youth Olympic Games are not only a high level sports event, but it also has a pronounced cultural and educational feature with its 26 sports and culture & education programs in order to educate and entertain the athletes about the Olympic values.     We would like to draw your attention to the “YOG-DNA” which is to be used by young people as a stamp of approval for anything that has the “Spirit of the Youth Olympic Games”. Join the fun and find more information at the following address www.olympic.org/yog    

Outstanding success of sport in Hungary

Dr. Pál Schmitt, former Olympic Champion in fencing, Member of the IOC and President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee since 1989 was elected President of the Republic of Hungary. He took office on Friday, the 6th of August at a ceremony attended by 200 guests at the Presidential Palace in Budapest's Castle District.   During the inaugural speech, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasized the fact that having a former Olympic Champion as President was a real honor and success for sports, and he would support a motion to include sports education in the Text of Hungary's Constitution.    At the ceremony, Dr. Tamás Aján expressed his congratulations to Dr. Pál Schmitt in the name of the IWF and the Hungarian Olympic Academy.    

Singapore 2010 Entries by Category

The 2010 Youth Olympic Games are about to begin in Singapore. For your information please note that the ENTRIES BY CATEGORY are available on the IWF

IOC Member from South Korea visits Budapest

Mr. Dae Sung Moon, Member of the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Gold Medalist in taekwondo from South Korea arrived in Budapest for an official visit. He met Dr. Tamás Aján, and had a highly profitable discussion about the Olympic Movement and relevant issues concerning International Sports.