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David Rigert turns 60 – Wolfang Peter celebrates 80 years

Congratulations to David Rigert, Russian Olympic and World Champion on his 60th Birthday! The weightlifting hero of the former USSR team, Captain of the Russian selected squad turned 60 years old on 12th March 2007.Congratulations!Wolfgang Peter of Germany, Honorary Vice President of the IWF celebrated his 80th anniversary on 11th March. Good health and a Happy

2007 Qualification World Championships Program finalized

The Timetable of the 2007 Qualification World Championships to be held in Chiangmai, Thailand has been finalized with the host Thai Weightlifting Association.The competitions will run for 10 days between 17 and 26 September 2007 and the IWF Annual Congress will take place on 16 September 2007.See

Deadline for Technical Officials’ nomination JWC 2007 expiring today

Please note that today - 9th March 2007 - is the deadline for the nomination of Technical Officials to the 2007 Junior World Championships to be held in Prague, Czech Republic. In the selection, preference will be given to referees who already have the new Referee Uniform.National Federations should also consider and keep the deadlines for the Preliminary and the Final Entries to the Junior Worlds 2007, which should be sent to the Czech Federation and the IWF. Look for Forms and deadlines from the 2007

IWF Symposium in Rome was a tremendous success

Two days - 2nd and 3rd March 2007 - crammed with lectures and presentations embracing a very wide range of topics, from coaching to IOC policies, constituted the intellectual summit of weightlifting. Organised at the highest level with perfect hospitality by the Italian Weightlifting Federation (FIPCF), the IWF Symposium took place in Ostia, suburb of Rome. In what was the 7th in the line of this kind of major IWF Symposia since 1981, subjects of both specific and general interest and an impressive lineup of lecturers attracted record participation. In the end, 152 participants were registered representing 58 countries.The programme included most informative and inspiring presentations by guest speakers from the IOC, WADA and the international media and by members of the IWF Family. The Symposium was commonly judged as being extremely useful and well organised. The speeches and presentations will be published by the IWF so that they can reach the broad audience of the IWF membership. High-tech assisted presentations received good response from the audienceDr. Tamás Aján, IWF President addressing the Symposium participantsDr. Antonio Urso, President of the Italian Federation, and his most capable staff, received recognition from the IWF for an excellent

Technical information about the IWF Symposium

Update information about the IWF Symposium1-4th March 2007RomeWe are glad to announce that so far we have received the application of 184 people from 67 countries to the event.The IWF will cover expenses of 3 nights of one person per National Federation for the period of 1st to 4th of March 2007.Any additional participant or extra night shall be covered by their respective National Federation at the cost of 50euros per night in a Double and 78euros per night in Single room per person (Bed and Breakfast). Payment of extra costs shall be made directly to the Italian Federation, FIPCF at the registration desk in euro.The IWF and the Italian Weightlifting Federation will be pleased to offer all participant the following meals:Arrival :March 1st  - Lunch - DinnerMarch 2nd - Lunch - DinnerMarch 3rd  - Lunch - Gala DinnerDeparture:March 4th  - LunchDetailed program: On February 28th and March 1st there will be a hospitality desk at the international arrivals of the Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Fiumicino to welcome all participants of the IWF Symposium.For those arriving on other dates, the free shuttle bus service of the Hotel Airport Palace will be available 24 hours a

Final deadline to apply to the IWF Symposium in Rome

WARNING! FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE for the IWF SYMPOSIUM19TH FEBRUARYWe are glad to announce that the Symposium is already worldwide recongized and almost 200 applications have arrived so far. In order to ensure a high quality and well organized event for all participants we would like to kindly remind you that there will be no application accepted after the 19th of