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2010 Norwegian Championships: "Probably the best ever"!

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Weightlifting Club of Trondheim, the Norwegian Federation staged a large Championships. Trondheim is Norway's 3rd largest city and the public interest in the Anniversary event was high. Alongside the local nobilities, the President of the Norwegian Federation Mr. Per Mattingsdal, IWF Auditor and former President of NWF Mr. Tryggve Duun, many "oldtimer" competitors and officials were present. Altogether 117 capable weightlifters in three age groups competed in the commemorative Norwegian Championships and Cup. The Championships were run by a capable Organising Committee, and many enthusiastic volunteers under the baton of Mr. Duun, in cooperation with the IWF technical staff that assisted with the first application of the IWF National Competition Technology System freshly purchased by the NWF. "The Championships were a real success. Probably the best ever! - The competition system worked very vell, and was an important reason for the success. - We are very satisfied, and the help of Robert (Nagy) and Csaba (Airizer) was extremely good. They made it possible to set up the IWF System and run the competition without any failure." - commented Mr. Tryggve Duun

2010 Norwegian Championships: “Probably the best ever”!

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Weightlifting Club of Trondheim, the Norwegian Federation staged a large Championships. Trondheim is Norway's 3rd largest city and the public interest in the Anniversary event was high. Alongside the local nobilities, the President of the Norwegian Federation Mr. Per Mattingsdal, IWF Auditor and former President of NWF Mr. Tryggve Duun, many "oldtimer" competitors and officials were present. Altogether 117 capable weightlifters in three age groups competed in the commemorative Norwegian Championships and Cup. The Championships were run by a capable Organising Committee, and many enthusiastic volunteers under the baton of Mr. Duun, in cooperation with the IWF technical staff that assisted with the first application of the IWF National Competition Technology System freshly purchased by the NWF. "The Championships were a real success. Probably the best ever! - The competition system worked very vell, and was an important reason for the success. - We are very satisfied, and the help of Robert (Nagy) and Csaba (Airizer) was extremely good. They made it possible to set up the IWF System and run the competition without any failure." - commented Mr. Tryggve Duun

Manuel IWF 2009-2012 en francais! – IWF Handbook in French!

La Fédération Internationale d'Haltérophilie est heureuse de communiquer a ses membres francophones que l'édition francaise du MANUEL IWF 2009-2012 a été publiée et est alors disponible.Le livre, traduit par notre ami réspecté M Philippe Saint-Cyr et rédigé par Mme Anikó Németh-Móra directrice contient la Constitution, les Regles techniques et des compétitions, la Politique antidopage et le Répertoire de la Fédération, tous mis a jour en 2010.Désireux a obtenir des exemplaires écrivez a [email protected]  

IWF Council held meeting in Cairo

Following the joint meeting with the Weightlifting Federation of Africa officials, the IWF Council sat down in Cairo for a meeting to discuss current issues of primary focus in the sport. The Council - consisting of Messrs. Tamás Aján, Ma Wenguang, Sam Coffa, Hasan Akkus, Dragomir Cioroslan, Zygmunt Wasiela and Ronald Frere - complete with invited guests for certain relevant agenda items (Messrs. Nicu Vlad, Emilio Estarlik, Chang Chao-Kuo) had a full day of fruitful consultations on topical issues in the spirit of common wisdom. Conclusions were drawn for recommendations and proposals to be submitted to the IWF Executive Board which has the authority of decision. The meeting venue and facilities at the Cataract Pyramic Resort Hotel of Cairo were offered by the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation.

IWF Anti-Doping Seminar in Cairo

In the framework of the IWF Education Program, started two years ago, the IWF conducted an Anti-Doping Seminar for athletes and coaches in Cairo, in combination with the Youth African Championships, the Qualification Event for the 1st Youth Olympic Games. The Seminar was conducted by Dr. Ágnes Tiszeker, Director of the independent Anti-Doping Group of Hungary, an expert with ample experience in such educational projects. The Seminar was attended by a large number of athletes and their coaches from Africa. This age group, 14-17 years old, is especially targeted by the IWF with its anti-doping education. The IWF has been working hard to disseminate anti-doping information and extended its ADE Program especially to the potential participants of the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Nigeria grabs weightlifting slot

Nigeria has won a ticket to feature in the Youth Olympic Games weightlifting event. At the end of the Youth Olympic Games trials in Egypt , Nigeria won 13 gold, nine silver and 18 bronze medals to place second behind Egypt. The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation Technical Director, Tunde Adedimeji, said the result was possible because the team was predominantly made up of females.  The NWF Secretary, Uche Onwumeh, said both Tosan Bawo (48kg) and Rachael Ekoshoria (58kg) performed beyond expectations while setting new African records in their categories. She said only one of them would be chosen to represent the country at the Olympics. (By Kazeem