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WADA Launches New eFormat of Play True Magazine

WADA Launches New eFormat of Play True Magazine with Special 10th Anniversary IssueThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published a "Special 10th Anniversary" issue of its flagship magazine, Play True. On this occasion, WADA has also launched a new format for the magazine. In addition to the paper and PDF formats, a new Web version is now available on the Agency's Web site (www.wada-ama.org). This ePlay True includes, in particular, extra content including video clips. The "Special 10th Anniversary" issue highlights a number of WADA's most significant accomplishments, including the evolution of the global fight against doping in sport since the Agency's inception in 1999, through testimonials from athletes and other key actors in WADA's history. The special issue also presents an overview of some ideas and future directions for the fight against doping in sport, which have emerged from recent strategic forums. Along with regular features such editorials from WADA's President John Fahey and Director General David Howman, this issue of Play True contains interviews with WADA's founding President Richard Pound and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge. WADA was officially created on November 10, 1999. Discover ePlay True at

Singapore Weightlifting Federation gets a new home

Singapore's first Olympic medal was in weightlifting - with Tan Howe Liang winning a silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics. And now, as the Singapore Weightlifting Federation gears up for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), there are plans to lift the sport to new heights. With a new facility at Jalan Benaan Kapal, set up with assistance from the Singapore Sports Council, the federation plans to expand its base of athletes for the YOG. Tom Liaw, president, Singapore Weightlifting Federation said: "It is definitely going to be very useful for us because it will actually help us in the long-term planning of the training programme of our athletes for development as well. "At the moment, we have just one girl and two boys, but we are looking at having at least 5 girls and 5 boys to actually select from." The past two decades has seen the sport on the decline, but new blood - like 16-year old Jamie Wee, who aims to represent Singapore at the YOG next year - are all pumped

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s hopeful for Goyang

Almira Lizde was born 04. 07. 1982. in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She started with weightlifting in 1998, after Bosnian war. Regarding all category athletes, men and women, she is the best Bosnian lifter. Last year she was second of all female competitors in all sports in Bosnia! She won at Alpe Adria Cup many times, the Balkan Promotion Cup. , Her best results:69 category: snatch 82; clean and jerk 100; total 18275 category: snatch 90; clean and jerk 113: total 202 At the European and World championship she could not reach the top 10, but we do hope in Goyang her position will be among the first ten. Her preparation was successful, she was 4th at the Mediterranean Games and 2nd At the 2nd Vladan Mihailovic tournament. In 75 kg category we excpect 95 snatch and 116 clean&jerk! The goal is to brake the national records. (MSc Nedim MASICGeneral Secretary ofBosnia and HerzegovinaWeightlifting

Happy Birthday Chun Byung-Kwan

The Korean Olympic Champion (1992) celebrates his 40th birthday today.Chun Byung-Kwan won silver medal in front of the home crowd in 1988 and four years later became Olympic Champion in Barcelona (56 kg). In 1991 when he became a world champion he was awarded the AIPS

WADA Publishes Revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Montreal, November 3, 2009 - Following approval by its Executive Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now published the revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE). This Standard will take effect on January 1, 2010. The ISTUE was revised as a result of the adoption of the 2010 Prohibited List. The ISTUE had to be amended to accommodate some of the changes to the List to be implemented on January 1, 2010, in particular the removal of inhaled salbutamol from the List. This resulted in the deletion of Annex 1 and of the special provision in relation to Beta-2 agonists of the ISTUE. Under the 2010 List, salbutamol, salmeterol, platelet-derived preparations, and glucocorticosteroids administered by some routes will require a Declaration of Use. In order to avoid frequent changes to the ISTUE, the name of the substances that require a Declaration of Use is no longer included in the ISTUE, but rather is clearly indicated in the List. Furthermore, in order to simplify the ISTUE, a number of provisions were rewritten or reordered, maintaining however all the key principles of the

WADA Launches New Web Site

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched its new Web site ON 3rd November, coinciding with its tenth anniversary on November 10, 2009. The new Web site features improved navigation and reorganized content to better fulfill its users' needs. An entirely new section, called "Anti-Doping Community", was created to cater to the particular needs of WADA's key stakeholders, including athletes, the sport movement and governments. In this section, each of these groups will find information specifically related to their anti-doping responsibilities and areas of interest. Discover WADA's new Web site at www.wada-ama.org.