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Matthew Curtain appointed as CM for London 2012

Australian Matthew Curtain was appointed as as the Weightlifting Competition Manager for the 2012 LondonOlympic Games. Having been involved in weightlifting over more than twenty years, Matthew Curtain is a well experienced and knowledgeable sport administrator, having served previously as Weightlifting Competition Manager for the XVIII commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006.He is the current Assistant General Secretary of both the Oceania and Commonwealth Weightlifting Federations. He is the CEO of Australian Weightlifting Federation and will keep his job until being called to join LOCOG. The IWF congratulates Mr.Curtain and will give him all support to make the London Games weightlifting competitions a big

Oceania Championships started with OWF elections

Oceania Championships, the Continental Qualification Event for Beijing Olympic Games, started with the Oceania Weightlifting Federation Electoral Congress. The delegates have elected H.E. Marcus Stephen (NRU) as President, Tony Hole (COK) as 1st Vice President, Ronald Frere (NCL) and Frank Robby (PNG) as Vice Presidents, and re-elected Paul Coffa (AUS) as General Secretary. For further information please click "here".H.E. Marcus Stephen, NRU (with phone), the new OWF President, Paul Coffa, AUS (middle), OWF General Secretary, and members of the Oceania

Nomination of Technical Officials for Cali 2008

In accordance with the IWF's Letter, National Federations can now propose Technical Officials - using the TO Nomination Form - for the 2008 Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia. Nominate only International Category 1 Referees and/or Doctors. Deadline: 1 April 2008 - to be sent to [email protected] or by fax to +361 2690208/+361

Continental Qualification series kick-off

The Pan-American Championships, at the same time a qualifier for the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, were organised in Callao (Lima), Peru, with a record number of 18 countries participating, including several countries (CAN, COL, CUB, MEX, USA, VEN) which had already qualified at the two Qualification World Championships in 2006 and 2007. In a close fight for the Olympic slots, the following teams succeeded to win tickets to the Beijing Olympic Games:Women: DOM, ECU, PUR, CHI - each with one athleteMen: USA, CAN with two athletes, BRA, ECU, ARG with one athlete, each.Visit the Championships website for more information and the IWF website

Free of charge visa for all participants of the 2008 JWWC

We are pleased to inform you that the Organizing Committe of the 2008 JWWC Cali, Colombia is offering the visa free of charge for all the participants of the event.Download the list of countries that require visa to ColombiaDownload the list of diplomatic representations of ColombiaIn case you intend to participate, please notify the Organizing Committee ([email protected]) and send the following information to the Colombian Consulate closest to your place of residence: - list of members of the delagation (name, position - athlete, coach, etc.- , date of birth, passport number, date of expiration of passport - minimum 6 months validity required - arrival and departure dates to and from Colombia - a letter from your National Federation describing the purpose of the travel, sources for payment for the cost of the stay- scanned passports of all members of the delegationFor more information and Program of the 2008 JWWC, go to: 2008 JWWC -

Olympic Weightlifting Results and Information Services approved

After the successful Test Event in January, the Homologation Test (full scale test) of Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) was carried out last week in Beijing.Mr. Róbert Nagy, Technology Director and Mr. Attila Ádámfi, Technical Delegate tested the application on behalf of the IWF according to the ORIS and IWF requirements and as previously expected, the system (same as for Athens 2004) was homologated with only small issues to be improved.The majority of Homologation Tests in other sports have also been completed, only a few more left to be finished before end of April.Róbert Nagy, Nicolas Hurel (ORIS Manager) and Attila Ádámfi in front of the famous "Water Cube" in