CANDIDATURES TO HOST FUTURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The following World Championships are yet to be allocated:

2013 Youth World Championships
2013 Junior World Championships
2013 World Championships
2014 Junior World Championships
2014 World Championships

National Federations wishing to host any of the above events should send the letter of intent and the Candidature Form, as well as deposit the relevant fee stipulated in Article 18.3 of the

IWF Constitution before 2nd September 2011

DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 WJWC PRELIMINARY ENTRY FORMS

The set deadline to send your Preliminary Entry Forms to participate in the 37th Men – 17th Women World Junior Weightlifting Championships to be held in Penang, Malaysia from 26 June to 7 July was today, 26 April 2011.
If you failed to send your application, we invite you to forward the needed document as soon as possible to the address of the Organizing Committee: [email protected] ; or to the International Weightlifting Federation: [email protected] .

For more information, go to: http://www.2011wjwc.com

2007 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION SIARHEI LAHUN PASSED AWAY

Siarhei Lahun, the 22 year old Belarus lifter died in tragic circumstances on 23 April 2011. Gold Medallist in 2007 at the Junior World Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic, Siarhei Lahun continued on the path of international success as a senior lifter.

He competed in 2009 at the World Championships in Goyang, Korea where he earned a Gold Medal in Clean & Jerk and won the Silver in Total.

His great performances allowed him to grab the third place in the course of 2010 at the World Championships held in Antalya, Turkey. He proved to be invincible in Clean & Jerk, and stood on the top of the podium for the second consecutive World Championship to take over the Gold.

His death is a great loss for Weightlifting Family. The International Weightlifting Federation expresses its deep condolences and our thoughts go to his family and relatives.

In the tragic car accident, the lifter Yauheni Zharnasek (BLR) also suffered severe injuries and remains in hospital receiving intensive care.

LIMA IS READY FOR THE YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jose Quiñones, President of the Peruvian Olympic Committee and President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation is handling the preparation of the 2nd Youth World Championships held in the city of Lima, Peru. With hard Team work, great conditions will be ensured by the organizers in order to make this great event a real success.

During her technical visit Ms. Éva Moska, IWF Assistant to President expressed her contentment in regard to the encouraging progress in preparations.

“Everything is ready and the organizers are waiting for the participants to arrive.” - said Mr. Jose Quiñones who finalized the last details with his Team.

More than 200 lifters are expected to compete at the 2nd Youth World Championships taking place at the Maria Angola Convention Center. The venue is at walking distance from the accommodation of the delegations.

The first competition day is 10 May 2011. Good luck to all participants!

COMPARATIVE CHART OF THE EWC AND AWC RESULTS

Media experts and international weightlifting specialists are analyzing the results of the European Championships and the Asian Championships in order to make a comparison between the two events held at the same time; on two different continents; with different Technical Officials.

In order to facilitate the work of professional analyzers, the IWF decided to produce a Comparative Chart with combined results for both events. Complementary information in regard to the previous gold medallists of the 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, 2009 WWC Goyang and 2010 WWC Antalya were added.

This study gives useful data for the preparation period of the upcoming 2011 World Championships held in Paris, France and the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The 2011 European Championships held in Kazan, Russia attracted 72 Women and 114 Men lifters, which means a Total of 186 competing athletes.

The 2011 Asian Weightlifting Championships Tongling, China involved a relatively small number of participants. Only 94 athletes competed at the event (35 Women and 59 Men).

The high level competitions meet the expectations of World Championships.
Both competitions were organized with outstanding standards of professionalism; but maybe the difficulties to reach the city of Tongling for the National Federations willing to participate in the Asian Competition resulted in the lower participation.

With only 1 year left before the London 2012 Olympic Games, all National Federations' priority is to build up their National Team. The Comparative Chart enables National Federations' Leaders to draw their conclusions in regard to their preparation strategy for the last step of Team Qualification - the 2011 World Championships Paris.

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