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New weightlifting webpage on the Internet

In Tartu (Esthonia) there is a weightlifting club called "Jõud" (Strength). They informed us that their webpage is now also in English language. It is open for all visitors. Address of the webpage is www.joud.pri.ee/index_eng.htm

Iran searching for top foreign weightlifting coach

Iran, which is one of the Asian weightlifting powerhouses, is weak at the moment. The runner-up of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games took part with three lifters in Weightlifting World Cup in South Korea in November and got very awful results. "We have started looking for a foreign coach for the team. Iran's weightlifting has to reclaim the top position in the continent and the world." Hossein Rezazadeh said (Tehran

Diaz leads charge of RP weightlifters

With an untested bet and an ailing veteran leading the charge, the Philippines snatched four gold medals, three silvers and seven bronzes in a smashing campaign in the recent Asian youth and junior weightlifting championships in Dubai.Hidilyn Diaz, a Southeast Asian Games medalist and Olympic veteran at 18, came down with chicken pox a few days before the competition but still managed to recover in time to lead the country´s charge. She topped the snatch event for the 58kg junior division and also turned in a bronze in the total event.But it was first-timer Maybelyn Pablo who stole the thunder for Team Philippines as she captured gold medals in the 18-under snatch, clean and jerk, and total events in the 69kg youth category. (By Marc Anthony

SA Games live on TV

Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year. After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association's media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the state-run television and the private channels. Handball, golf and karate will be telecast on Desh TV; boxing, table tennis and basketball to be broadcast by ETV; volleyball, weightlifting and taekwondo to be beamed by Channel i and Baishakhi TV will show the games of kabaddi, shooting and squash, said a BOA press release. (by Daily

Bulgarian federation loses licence

Bulgaria's weightlifting federation was stripped of its licence Wednesday for financial mismanagement and a major doping scandal that saw the country's best athletes banned, the sports ministry said. The ministry said it had refused to renew the federation's licence because it had "breached the anti-doping regulations and sports ethics ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games and marred Bulgaria's sports prestige." The federation was also accused of mismanaging funds. Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, all eight men and three women on Bulgaria's preliminary weightlifting squad had tested positive for the anabolic steroid metandienon. The lifters denied any wrongdoing but the Bulgarian weightlifting federation was forced, for the first time in its history, to pull the whole team from the Games. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) then banned two of the athletes, Georgy Markov and Alan Tsagaev, for life while the other nine received four-year bans. The federation was also fined 465,000 dollars (324,700 euros), Bulgarian press reporting it had paid that sum to keep its right to compete in international tournaments. But failure to find well-trained athletes to replace the banned ones has prevented Bulgaria from appearing in major weightlifting competitions ever since. In order to save the sport, 23 weightlifting clubs from around the country on Tuesday formed an alternative Bulgarian national weightlifting federation, adding they would apply for a licence from the sports ministry and the IWF.Source AFP

Executive Committee of Indian Weightlifting Federation

Meeting of General Council of Indian Weightlifting Federation was held at Delhi on 27 Dec 09 for election of office bearers and Executive Members of the Indian Weightlifting Federation for term of 4 years from 2009 to 2013 at Conference Hall, Hotel Southern, 18/2, Arya Samaj Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi.  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF INDIAN WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION FOR THE TERM 2009-2013 Life PresidentShri Harbhajan Singh                                    Uttar Pradesh PresidentShri Birendra Prasad Baishya, M.P.                Assam Vice President 1  Shri K.C. Singh, BABA, M.P.                      Uttarakhand2  Smt. Karnam Malleswari, Padamshree          FCI3  Shri Baldev Raj Gulati                                  Maharashtra4  Shri T.D. Roy                                               Jharkhand5  Shri Kumbasi Subramanya                           Karnataka6  Shri G.R. Beig                                               J&K7  Shri Tara Singh                                            Punjab8  Shri P. Ratnakar                                         Chhattisgarh9  Shri Bhabajyoti Goswami                             Assam10  Shri K. Suryanarayana                              Andhra Pradesh11  Vacant12  Vacant Associate Vice President 1   The Secretary, (Ex-Officio)                        SSCB2   Shri CBR Prasad                                       Andhra Pradesh3   Shri Rajesh Tyagi                                      Haryana4   Shri Sominder P. Sharma                         Himachal Pradesh5   Vacant6   Vacant Secretary GeneralShri Sahdev Yadav                                         Uttar Pradesh SecretaryShri Sunil Elangbam                                       Manipur Joint Secretary 1  Shri D. Chandrahas Rai                             Karnataka2  Shri Santosh Sinhasane                            Maharashtra3  Shri Madan Lal Salvi                                  Rajasthan4  Shri Abraham K. Techi                              Arunachal Pradesh5 VacantTreasurerShri Naresh Sharma                                      Delhi Executive Members 1  Shri H.S. Bansal                                        Chandigarh2  Shri Narayan Sahu                                    Orissa3  Shri C. Rothianga                                      Mizoram4  Shri G. Gunasekaran                                 Puducherry5  Capt. S.S. Rao                                          Goa6  Shri Sanjeev Mudliar                                  Madhya Pradesh7  Shri Rajesh Chandra Rai                           Bihar8  Shri Sailen Dapsi                                      West Bengal   PLEASE NOTE THAT OFFICIAL EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE FEDERATION WILL NOW BE [email protected]. KINDLY AMEND YOUR RECORDS