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IWF to launch issue of International Referee Licences 2009-2013 this September

On the eve of the Junior World Championships in Cali, the IWF Executive Board met and decided on a couple of important issues. Among these were that the Federation will launch the issue of International Referee Licence stamps for the next Olympic cycle, i.e. 2009-2013 already around September this year.Considering the recent dramatic decline of the rate of the US dollar, the new Referee Licences will be sold at:US$100 for a Category Two licenceUS$200 for a Category One licence.These rates were unanimously ratified by the delegates of the IWF General Congress.At the same time, the IWF Coaching Licence Certification project will also be implemented. The relevant will be posted on the website. The Fee for such Licence (also for a 4-year term) has been fixed at US$200 as

IOC gives eligibility to lifters changing citizenship

The IOC has given its approval to two ex-Cameroon weightlifters, Daniel Koum Koum and Simplice Ribouem to participate for their new country, Australia - if selected to the Olympic team. Both lifters stayed in Australia after the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.Another lifter whose new NOC adherence has been approved by the International Olympic Committe, however, enters the Beijing Games with medal hopes. This is Matthias Steiner, who took part in the 2004 Athens Games as an Austrian, but has since turned a German citizen. Representing Germany, he has already won the Good Luck Beijing Olympic Test Event and the snatch event at the 2008 European

Olympic Qualification nearing its end

After the finalization of the anti-doping controls of the Continental Qualification Events, the IWF published the list of NOCs having obtained quota to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Such quota could be won in the 2006 and 2007 World Championships, as well as the 5 Continental Championships held in 2008.Olympic Qualification by

IWF affiliates new members

Before the start of the 2008 Junior World Championships in Cali, Colombia, the Committees and the Executive Board met and took some important decisions.Three new members were accepted to the IWF: Guinea, New Caledonia and Kosovo.In the middle, the representative of New Caledonia (NCL), flanked by Paul Coffa, OWF General Secretary and the delegate from Cook

Doping tests around the Beijing Olympic Games

According to a recent communication from the International Olympic Committee, any anti-doping testing between 27 July and 24 August 2008 involving athletes eligible to take part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are to be considered as "Olympic tests".Furthermore, there is a change in TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemptions) procedures: any TUE requests for the above period will have to be sent to the IOC Medical Commission by 6 July 2008 at the latest.All TUE applications during the period of the Olympic Games will be processed by the IOC TUE

Olympic Champion Dobrev to miss Beijing Games

Bulgarian  Milen Dobrev will be unable to defend his title at Beijing Olympics after failing to recover from a waist injury, the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation said on Wednesday.The 27-year-old Dobrev won gold four years ago in the 94-kg category at the Athens Games."He's still suffering from the injury and it will prevent him from achieving his full potential in Beijing," Federation General Secretary Tenyo Tenev told reporters. "That's why we decided that it'll be better not to force him," he said. "He will resume his preparations for next year's European and world championship after recovering from the