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FISU sanctions World University Weightlifting Championship

FISU President George E. Killian welcomed IWF Delegate Anikó Németh-Móra, IWF Director at the International University Sports Federation's headquarters in Brussels on 24th October 2006. Present also at the meeting were FISU Director-General Eric Saintrond and FISU Director of Education Kole Gjeloshaj.After having carried out nine University World Cups since 1998 with impressive participation and great success, and about to stage another one in Lima, Peru in 2007, the IWF can now move forward by getting the FISU endorsement to carry out World University Weightlifting Championships, as of 2008. By embracing the sport of weightlifting as a university sport, FISU adds another sport discipline to its broad range of sports, bringing the number of FISU sanctioned sports to 32 for the World University Championships. IWF has offered its full co-operation on all technical, organisational, promotional, development and educational issues of the World University Championships and expects a substantial boost in interest and participation in weightlifting among the university students of the world. Also at

Sam Coffa re-elected President of Australian Commonwealth Games Association

When a weightlifting official is promoted or confirmed in a high position in another national or international sport organisation, it is always a momentum of joy for the IWF, as - beyond the personal merits of the individual concerned - it also means a wide recognition of the entire sport of weightlifting.This time again, we are proud and happy to congratulate Mr. Sam Coffa, 1st Vice President of the IWF, who was re-elected as President of one of the world's most important Commonwealth Games Associations: that of

Full and authentic results from 2006 Santo Domingo

Full results for each of the 15 bodyweight categories (Snatch, Clean&Jerk, Total), medallists, medal tables, team classifications, records are now published in a downloadable form on this website. You can now access the complete results of the Qualification World Championships 2006 of Santo Domingo by clicking

Hosts selected for future World Championships

At its meeting held in Santo Domingo, on 28 September 2006, the IWF Executive Board selected the following hosts to organise future major events in the sport:2009 Junior World Championships ? allocated to Constantza, Romania2010 (Qualification) World Championships ? to be held in Antalya,

Reza Zadeh’s 10th World Championship gold medal

Men's +105kg: Since Saturday, 7th October 2006, Iranian giant Hossein Reza Zadeh is 10-fold world champion. Double Olympic gold-medallist and holder of all world records in the superheavy category, Reza Zadeh swept the two lifts and the total also in santo Domingo.His challengers could not force him to extreme heights, and let the Iranian win with his weakest ever total result.The surprise man of the day was 20-year old Chinese Dong Feng, who took silver medal in jerk and bronze medal in total. He also set junior world records in jerk (245kg) and in total

Dethronement in 105kg

Listing 29 competitors, the men's 105kg category featured the defending world champion, Russian Dmitry Klokov who was pushed back into third place.Poland's European Champion Marcin Dolega won, and the silver medal was taken by Dmitry Lapikov of Russia, lifting in the B group. Klokov saved two attempts in clean and jerk to capture the final victory but as he missed 227kg twice, he finally had to settle for the bronze