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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.

Breeze gives Goyang a miss

Michaela Breeze, the 30-year-old PE teacher , who became Britain's first woman Olympic weightlifter in 2004 at the Athens Games (ranked 9th), is Commonwealth champion (2006) and competed in the 63kg category in Beijing Olympics. (Breeze lifted her first two attempts at 80kg and 85kg but after her second snatch lift the Devon teacher pulled up injured. When the time came for her third lift, however, the announcement came that Breeze was injured and could not continue.Although she did return for the clean and jerk, her back would obviously causing her huge pain although she did bravely complete three lifts and finished in 15th place overall with five succesful attempts out out five.)'I took a few months off after the Beijing Olympics to allow my back time to settle down and recover. I started training again at the end of last year and have built up steadily. I got myself back into reasonable shape. I have declined the World Championships this year because my recovery is not as good as it used to be and i didn't want to put myself under unnecessary pressure of competing while still below best. If I am to compete, I want to be as competitive as possible and at least be close to best. It is for these reasons why I am focusing on rehabbing fully before facing the biggest weightlifting stages.'