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To all lifters, coaches, officials participated at the Beijing Olympic Games

We are very close to the first anniversary of the unforgettable Beijing Olympic Games. We all have memories of the Asian capital, its everyday life, culture, people and habits. Many of us had a chance to look around the city, to visit some places of interest or climb on Great Wall. To remember those nice days now the managers of IWF web site ask you all, lifters, coaches, officials to select among your best and popular Beijing photos and send to us for public use on IWF web site. Let's make an international memory album together! We invite you all who wish to join and send us your favourite photos taken a year ago in Beijing. The focus is on your non-competition photos ( city, Olympic village, silk market, shopping, excursions, among friends, whatever) but of course you are welcome if you wish to publish competiton photo on yourself or on your friend as well. This is the time to collect the best private photos depicting you or your team mates somewhere in Beijing . This is the best way to represent the members of our weightlifting society around the world. Looking for the funniest, the most friendly, the kindest in brief all types of photos you like. Do not be shy! Our interactive site is yours! We all appriciate and thank for your efforts. Let us start today! You can send your photos to DEZSŐ DOBOR, HEAD PRESS OFFICER OF IWF

World records broken

Taiwan's Chen Wei-ling has broken two world records to capture the gold medal in the women's powerlifting lightweight division at the World Games in Kaohsiung Saturday. Chen set world records in the squat and deadlift to offset her fifth-place finish in her weakest powerlifting discipline, the bench press, to win the gold medal with a combined score of 668.27 points. "I'm really happy to have won gold at a World Games being held in Taiwan and fulfill people's expectations. I felt I had a good chance to win, so I didn't feel that much pressure," said a happy Chen. "I'm very satisfied with the result. I accomplished 99.9 percent of what I wanted to achieve." A bronze medalist in the under 48kg class in the Olympic weightlifting competition in Beijing, Chen said powerlifting more closely suits her skills because its emphasizes strength rather than technique, which is an important part of weightlifting. With the lightweight powerlifting division at the World Games open to all lifters under 52kg, the actual weights lifted are multiplied by "weight factors" to determine the point totals the competitors receive for each lift. Lighter lifters had their lifts multiplied by bigger weight factors to even the playing field. Thus the 46kg Chen, for example, still earned the most points in the deadlift despite lifting 7.5 kilos less than heavier compatriot Chou Yi ju. The broader weight class also allowed two world records to be set in the same lift category. Chen's deadlift of 195.0kgs set the world record for the under 48kg class and Chou's deadlift of 202.5kgs. set the record for the under 52kg class. The gold medalist also entered the record books with a squat of 207.5kgs, shattering the old record of

Anti-Doping Norway’s newsletter

Anti-Doping Norway believes that the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders contributes in improving and strengthening the fight against doping in sport. Therefore, through this newsletter, we wish to share some of our activities with our anti-doping friends throughout the world. In this way, we can learn form each other and make each other better. (Anti-Doping Norway)You can read pdf Frech, Spanish and Russian as

Anti-Doping Norway’s newsletter

Anti-Doping Norway believes that the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders contributes in improving and strengthening the fight against doping in sport. Therefore, through this newsletter, we wish to share some of our activities with our anti-doping friends throughout the world. In this way, we can learn form each other and make each other better. (Anti-Doping Norway)You can read pdf Frech, Spanish and Russian as

World Weightlifting’s latest issue has appeared!

World Weightlifting's latest issue has appeared! In the 2009/1 edition readers can find exclusive interviews with IWF President and newly elected General Secretary. Further articles: Reports on European and Asian Championships. Confessions of a Queen - interview with Liu Chunhong. The Austrian connection at the

The Slovak Olympic Committee on its website reported that Ondrej Hekel passed away today in Bratislava at age of 65.

The Slovak Olympic Committee on its website reported that Ondrej Hekel passed away today in Bratislava at age of 65. He was born 16. 02. 1944. Wearing the national colours of Czechoslovakia he participated in three Olympic Games:1968 Mexico City Lightweight 9th 390 kg (120, 120, 150)1972 Munich Middleweight 4th 462.5 kg (150, 142, 5 - highest in snatch, 170)1976 Montreal Middleweight 7th  312.5 kg (140, 172.5)He was 3rd in the 1971 European Championships Middleweight class (452.5