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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

Hungarian Sports Journalists honour Dr. Aján

At the annual "Hungarian Sportsmen of the Year" Gala on 15th December 2005 the IWF President was awarded the Special Prize of the Hungarian Sport Journalists' Association. The sport journalists voted Dr. Tamás Aján to be given this award in appreciation and with gratitude for his support to the Hungarian sports journalism over the past

New dates for the 2006 World Championships in Santo Domingo

The dates for the 2006 Men's and Women's - Olympic Qualification - World Championships to be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, have been finalized as follows: - Meetings of the IWF Committees and Executive Board: 27-28 September 2006 - IWF Annual Congress: 29 September 2006 - Competitions: 30 September to 8 October