WHEREABOUTS INFORMATION
IMPORTANT! WHEREABOUTS INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY - MAY 2006 ! Please go to the link under: Sport & Organization / Anti-Doping Info / Whereabouts Data
Alert! – Voting about to be frustrated by irresponsible “voters”
When launching the "Lifters of the Year 2005" election, we hoped that last year's disaster won't repeat this time - when spam "voting cards" carrying only one name, that of Hossein Reza Zadeh - overloaded and paralysed the IWF's communication system for weeks. Much to our dismay, however, we have to see that irresponsible people are now trying to do the same, as "votes" started to pour immediately by e-mail and fax from unidentifiable or Iranian sources, thus blocking the way of other, regular Voting Cards. Therefore, we kindly ask the fans to STOP flooding the e-mail address and the fax with such mail! At the same time, we are forced to confirm that ONLY THE VOTING CARDS CARRYING 3 NAMES FOR MEN AND 3 NAMES FOR WOMEN will be taken into consideration in the election. Also, only one Voting Card will be accepted from one person. Repeated votes will lead to automatic elimination of all the votes from the same source. If the dumping of the irregular votes should continue, we shall have to consider cancelling the entire Best Lifter election - which would be a great pity for the sport and for the deserving athletes. We count on the good sense and the goodwill of the Friends of Weightlifting and sincerely hope that we can conclude the Best Lifters of 2005 election can be concluded in a fair, legal and dignified
Vote for the Best Lifters of 2005!
Friends of weightlifting ? athletes, coaches, officials, journalists, fans ? are invited to vote to elect the BEST LIFTERS OF 2005. You can send your vote before 31 January 2006 using the ?VOTING CARD FOR BEST LIFTERS? to the IWF by e-mail: [email protected] or by fax: +361 3530199 or by post: IWF ? 1146 Budapest, Istvanmezei ut 1-3. Hungary.
Applications to host future World Championships expected
The IWF is herewith launching the bidding process for the following future World Championships: = 2009 Junior World Championships for Men and Women; = 2009 World Championships for Men and Women; The candidatures can be forwarded by National Federations to the IWF - with the transfer of the relevant non-refundable deposit - before 28 February 2008. Relevant documents on the conditions of the applications will soon be published on this website. The allocation of the World Championships will be decided by the next IWF Executive Board
SEASON’S GREETINGS
IWF President assumes Honorary position in NOC
On 7th May this year, Dr. Tamás Aján was reelected for the fifth Olympic cycle as Secretary General of the Hungarian National Olympic Committee. In December 2005, Dr. Aján resigned from this job and assumed the position of Honorary Secretary General of the Hungarian NOC, while he continues to be the President of the Hungarian Olympic Academy. In the future it will allow Dr. Aján to focus more on his numerous important international duties, i.a. President of the International Weightlifting Federation, Member of the International Olympic Committee and Member of two IOC Commissions, Vice President of GAISF and Member of the WADA Foundation
