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Thai Organizing Committee reduces room rates for World Championships

Following an intervention by the IWF, as a gesture of friendship and goodwill, the Organizing Committee and the Thai Government agreed to reduce the daily room and board rates for the 2007 Chiangmai World Championships to US$100 per person in double room, and to US$130 per person in single room (in 5 star hotels). More about this on the 2007 RWWC website:

Dates of 2008 Junior Worlds finalized

The schedule of the 2008 Junior World Championships, which will take place in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, has been fixed between the Canadian Weightlifting Federation and the IWF. IWF Committee meetings: 11th June; Executive Board will meet on 12th June; IWF General Congress and Opening Ceremony: 13th June;Competitions: 14th to 20th June 2008.The IWF Calendar on this website has also been

Junior Worlds wound up with surprising team result

Mercedes Perez (227kg in 63kg) of Colombia was chosen to receive the ELEIKO-IWF Press Commission's Best Female Lifter Trophy of this year's edition of Junior World Championships, held in Prague. Perez helped her team of seven members to gold medals and to becoming winner of the team ranking over China, which brought only six lifters to the Czech capital. In the 69kg, another Colombian, Leidi Yessenia Solis took the honours in total. Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia excelled in the 75kg, while the always-crucial +75kg overall title was captured by Chinese Huang Huan, just one kilo over Kazakhstan's Mariya Grabovetskaya (278 against 277kg).In the men's field, Russian athletes (8) excelled, winning the team classification, however, in the Medal Table China (with only 7 lifters) stands at the top with 7 gold medals. In the categories of 85kg to 105kg, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarus athletes took turns on the medal podium, while the "most cherished" gold medals, those in the +105kg, were captured by Alberto Pupo of Cuba - though with a moderate result only. The final attendance of the 2007 Junior World Championships came to 280 (100 women, 180 men), of which the IWF subjected 38.5% to anti-doping controls. The Czech Federation should be thanked for hosting the Championships in beautiful and historic

Technical Officials’ nomination to Chiangmai World Championships

National Federations may forward the nomination of Technical Officials to the IWF, before 30 June 2007, to the 2007 World Championships.You can read the conditions of the nomination here: TOff_call_letter.pdfDownload Nomination Form:

After Chinese doubles, Europe’s singles enter scene

In the men's 69kg at the Prague Junior Worlds the Chinese deployed double crew with Zheng Zhisheng and Tang Fei, who shared most of the gold and silver medals in a brotherly way. Arayik Mirzoyan of Armenia could clinch one silver and two bronze medals, while one bronze was left to Gert Trasha of Albania (in Snatch). The 33-member strong field in the 77kg then finally brought success for the Europeans, so far left out of the power game. Siarhei Lahun of Belarus triumphed in total, based on his 8kg lead from the snatch on Albanian Erkand Qerimaj. The latter, like last year, again became world champion in clean and jerk and silver medallist in total. Chinese Zhang Shichong was chasing BLR and ALB all through the contest and his efforts were rewarded by three medals: one in silver and two in bronze.The men's 85kg medal podium showed the same setup in snatch, jerk and total: RUS - MDA - RUS. Alexandr Ivanov took the gold medals, Anatol Ciricu (MDA) was given the silvers and Aslan Bideev (RUS) took over the three bronze

Women: Colombia takes over

In the women's 58kg, Li Xueying finally played what we call the "Chinese Game". In a standalone contest with the barbell, in six good and effortless lifts she defeated the runner up Thai, Chapok Natthaneeya and bronze-medallist Korean Yura Mun by round 20 kilos.  In contrast, the following two categories surprised with sweeping Colombian victories. Mercedes Perez dominated the 63kg, capturing her country's 5th and 6th gold medals. She overtook her Chinese rival, Jiang Xia by 6 kilos overall. Armenian prodigy, this year's European champion and junior world record holder Meline Daluzyan shone only in snatch, as she failed three times at 124kg in clean and jerk. In the 69kg, 17-year old Leidy Yessenia Solis followed her compatriot's example and won with an impressive 237kg total, five kilos ahead of Chinese Li Juan. The Colombian woman confirmed her nation's position as the new superpower in women's