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Final deadline to pay the IWF annual membership for 2008

We ask all affiliated National Federations to pay the IWF annual membership fee for the year 2008 latest before 1st March 2008. Please note that only those National Federations that comply with this deadline will have the right to participate with their athletes in the Continental Olympic Qualification Championships. You can download the IWF's letter and the Membership Invoice

2007 World Ranking list published

Established from the results of events on the IWF Calendar 2007 and subject to anti-doping controls, the Annual World Ranking Lists for the 8 men's and 7 women's bodyweight categories are now published here: World RankingThe Ranking lists are now being produced in a CD format and will be sent to all National Federations or to those wishing to acquire them. The 2006 World Ranking lists are still equally

German victory winds up Beijing Pre-Olympic Event

Just a few weeks after having received his German passport, Matthias STEINER - formerly representing Austria - scored a hands-down victory in the men's superheavyweight category at the Olympic Test Event held in the BUAA Gymnasium, Beijing. Performing in an excellent shape, Steiner was the only one to produce an impressive 423kg total, a result that would have placed him 8th in the 2007 World Ranking List.The host BOCOG and Chinese Weightlifting Association can only be praised for the excellent staging of the"Good Luck Beijing" Invitational Tournament. The venue, the venue management and technical facilities also passed the test with outstanding marks. Of course, minor adjustments need to be done (that was the very purpose of the test), but participants from 14 countries agreed that the Chinese will stage great Games this August and within that we can expect wonderful weightlifting competitions.Matthias STEINER - GER (Randall J. Strossen

World Class lifting in Beijing Test Event

199 days prior to the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games, world and junior world champions highlighted the "Good Luck Beijing" International Invitational Tournament in the Chinese capital. Competitions were organized in the 2008 Beijing Olympic venue, the BUAA Gymnasium under conditions as similar as possible to those at Games time to best serve testing purposes. The Tournament took place in two women's and two men's bodyweight categories with international lifters competing in the A sessions and only Chinese competitors in the B groups. In the women's 53kg category Doha 2005 World Champion Chinese prodigy WANG Mingjuan triumphed with a just-over-the-limit 49-kg bodyweight. Will she be a contender for the first Olympic gold medal to be awarded this August in Beijing? At the moment, no-one knows but her performance was promising (205kg with ease at this early stage of preparation).Vietnam's hero HOANG Anh Tuan presented himself as winner of the men's 56kg category and reconfirmed his position as a strong (gold?)medal-contender at the Games.On the second day the competition in the women's +75kg produced victory for last year's junior world champion HUANG Huan of China. Results are available at the official website of the Test Event: Good Luck

Olympic Test to introduce the 2008 Calendar

An international tournament titled "Good Luck Beijing", which will take place in the Olympic Weightlifting Venue in the Chinese capital will be the first event of the busy 2008 Olympic Year.Competitions will be held under the auspices of the IWF, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee and the Chinese Weightlifting Association on 22nd and 23rd January in the women's 53kg and +75kg and the men's 56kg and +105kg categories. During his recent technical visit to the Olympic city, one of the IWF's Technical Delegates, Mr. Attila Ádámfi stated that the venue, the Behang Gymnasium was ready to welcome the cream of the sport. Among the athletes invited to the Test Event there are many Olympic and world champions and the results will be taken into consideration for the individual Olympic Qualification. As the purpose of the tournament is to test as many features as possible of the Olympic Games organization, in addition to the international participants, in each category Chinese lifters will be fielded to fill up two groups, thus also imitating the Olympic-style competitions. Click here to reach the Test Event's

Season’s Greetings

Please note that due to the holidays the IWF office will be closed between 24th December 2007 and 1st January 2008.From Jan 2nd 2008 the IWF Secretariat will be at your service