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WHEREABOUTS AND MEMBERSHIP FEE REMINDER
Every IWF NF shall submit their national team athletes' whereabouts through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS).
Countries not submitting whereabouts info on ADAMS will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming Junior World Championships Penang, Malaysia.
According to the IWF Constitution, the Annual Membership Fee of the IWF was due by the end of January 2011.
Please make sure that your National Federation transferred the above amount to the IWF, otherwise the participation of your National Team in the upcoming Junior World Championships Penang, Malaysia will not be allowed.
IWF EDUCATION COURSE IN PENANG
We would like to draw your attention to the next edition of the very successful IWF Educational Seminar which will be held in Penang, Malaysia during the Junior World Championships.
Running since 3 years and organized in the framework of the IWF Education Program; experienced lecturers will talk about important Weightlifting-related topics including Medical and Anti-Doping issues, Technical issues in Weightlifting as well as a preview of the London 2012 Olympic Games with competition related information.
We kindly ask every officials, team leaders, coaches and athletes to honor the seminar by their presence! We can also provide Spanish and French interpreters if needed.
We will inform you about the details in Penang, Malaysia and please check the IWF website for the dates and location to be published in a short delay.
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COOPERATION AND UNITY - MOTTO OF THE WFA EB MEETING
The Weightlifting Federation of Africa held its Executive Board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 10 June 2011.
Dr. Kipchoge Keino, IOC Member and President of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC), remarkable and admired Olympic hero participated in meeting of high importance attended also by Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President.
Several topics were discussed and the agenda contained major issues regarding the All-African Games as well as the operation of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa. Both Dr. Kipchoge Keino and Dr. Tamás Aján underlined "Unity" as being the key factor of development and further improvement of Weightlifting sport in Africa.
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JWC FINAL ENTRIES PUBLISHED!
The Final Entries for the 2011 Junior World Championships to be held in Penang, Malaysia are published on our website. You can find the Entry List by bodyweight categories on the front page or by the following link.
We expect all Head Coaches and/or Team Leaders to participate in the verification of the Final Entries to be held on 28 June at 19:00.
Penang, Malaysia the city to host the 37th Men’s – 17th Women’s World Junior Weightlifting Championships will welcome 317 participating lifters out of 53 countries.
According to the Entry List, 179 Men from 49 countries and 139 Women from 35 countries will compete on stage at the Penang International Sports Arena (PISA).
IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján thanks in advance the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation and the Organizing Committee of the JWC and wishes everyone a successful competition!
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TICKET ON SALE NOW FOR THE 2011 WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
30 years after the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships organized in Lille, France it is time for Disneyland® Paris to glow. France will welcome the best weightlifters from all around the world from Saturday 5th to Sunday 13th November 2011 for this prestigious event.
The 79th Men’s and 22nd Women’s World Weightlifting Championships will take place at the Dôme Disney® Village.
Tickets are available since yesterday Monday 20th on the official website of the event.
http://en.paris2011.com/spectators/tickets
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RIO 2016 MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ON ROAD TO GAMES
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RIOTUR
Preparations for the first Olympic Games to be held in South America are continuing to progress well, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The Commission, in Rio de Janeiro for the second time since the Brazilian city was awarded the Games in October 2009, received progress reports on a wide range of issues, conducted a venue tour, and met with government officials during its three-day visit that concluded today.
Rio 2016 has made great strides as an organisation. It has developed good plans, made an excellent start to its marketing programme, and strong integration can be seen across its departments and with its stakeholders. The Commission was most impressed by the high quality of people that have been hired to work on the project.
IOC STEPS UP EFFORTS IN FIGHT AGAINST IRREGULAR AND ILLEGAL BETTING IN SPORT
A Working Group established on 1 March 2011 at the first meeting on irregular and illegal sports betting agreed today to set up three sub-groups to flesh out objectives in the fight against irregular and illegal betting in sport. The Working Group also agreed that more needed to be done to strengthen the cooperation between sports, governments and betting operators to fight irregular and illegal betting.
“We foresee increased cooperation in the monitoring and coordination of the fight against illegal and irregular betting in sport,” said President Rogge.
The IOC first took preventative measures to tackle the problem of illegal and irregular betting five years ago, and has been proactive in its fight ever since. The IOC’s Code of Ethics was amended in 2006 to forbid all participants in the Olympic Games from betting on Olympic events, and subsequent measures have been aimed at raising awareness of the issue, safeguarding the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport in general, and strengthening collaboration with partners inside and outside the Olympic Movement.
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TICKET APPLICANTS GET A SECOND CHANCE TO SECURE THE GREATEST TICKETS ON EARTH
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) confirmed today that 2.3 million tickets will be available in the second round of London 2012 Olympic tickets sales, which is open to the 1.9 million people who applied in the initial round.
There will be two second chance sales windows: the first will open at 6am on 24 June and run until 6pm on 3 July, and is open exclusively to people who applied in the initial application phase but were not allocated any tickets.
The following window, which is open to people who received some or all of the tickets they applied for in the first round of sales, will open at 6am on 8 July and run until 6pm on 17 July.
LOCOG published a detailed list of which sports, sessions and price categories are still available.
http://media.ticketmaster.com/en-gb/img/sys/tournament/london2012/oly-complete-a.pdf
Further to the press announcement, Matthew Curtain LOCOG Weightlifting & Paralympic Powerlifting Manager reported that the ticket sales with regard to the Weightlifting programme have been excellent.
Of the 23 sessions to be delivered over the 10 days of competition – 8 sessions (35%) are completely sold. That being the following sessions:
- Men’s 56kg Group A
- Men’s 69kg Group A
- Men’s 85kg Group A
- Men’s 94kg Group B
- Men’s 94kg Group A
- Men’s 105kg Group A
- Men’s +105kg Group B
- Men’s +105kg Group A
The 15 other sessions only have ‘low availability’ left. In this respect, details on the ‘second round’ sales campaign are on listed on the above hyperlink.
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IMPROVED RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FROM WADA-FUNDED STUDY
WADA is confident that new survey techniques will allow the agency to gain greater insight into the prevalence of athletes who use performance-enhancing substances.
One of the problems faced by researchers is that athletes who have doped also fail to give honest answers when completing confidential questionnaires - no matter how much their anonymity is guaranteed.
Results from a recent study part-funded by WADA have confirmed that individuals who have taken banned drugs are likely to manipulate answers so they fit the image of someone who is clean, even strongly anti doping.
The study was carried out by a team headed by Professor Andrea Petroczi from the School of Life Sciences at Kingston University in London.
Click here for access to the study.
http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com
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SUMMER UNIVERSIADE SHENZHEN 2011
According to FISU and to the Organizing Committee’s reports, 45 countries have already registered for the weightlifting competitions with more than 270 athletes.
This great interest confirms that weightlifting is very popular among university students!
For more info, check out the official website of Universiade Shenzhen 2011 by the following link http://www.sz2011.org/
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