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IWF WELCOMED LONDON 2012 WEIGHTLIFTING MANAGER
Friday 27th January, with exactly six months until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has welcomed to Budapest, Matthew Curtain London 2012 Weightlifting Manager for a series of important meetings pertaining to Games operations.
Agenda discussed included the arrangements for International Technical Officials, evaluation of Test Event observations, quantifying sport equipment deliverables, Accreditation processes, Accommodation requirements, Field of Play designs and Technology review.
“The IWF and LOCOG have worked in close synergy since 2005 and so, it is pleasing to observe that their detailed planning will imminently turn to Games delivery in the coming months. Indeed, the IWF is confident London is set to host a memorable Olympic Games” – said Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President.
DR. TAMAS AJAN MET DAMIANOS HADJIDAMIANOU, PRESIDENT OF THE CYPRUS WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION
Damianos Hadjidamianou, President of the Cyprus Weightlifting Federation arrived in Budapest for an official visit. He met Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President and had a highly profitable discussion about the development of weightlifting in Cyprus and relevant issues concerning International Sports.
Damianos Hadjidamianou is the President of the Cyprus Weightlifting Federation since 12 years, and also General Secretary of the Mediterranean Weightlifting Federation. Through dedicated work, he aims to reach further development in the country’s weightlifting activities.
PRESIDENT OF THE MADAGASCAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE VISITED THE IWF
Siteny Thierry Randrianasoloniaiko, President of the Madagascar Olympic Committee (in position for a year) paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat. Knowing that Judo, Athletics and Weightlifting are very popular sports in Madagascar and with special regard to promotion of sports, Africa’s biggest sport complex is built in the country.
During his talks with the IWF President, Siteny Thierry Randrianasoloniaiko offered his assistance in opening a Weightlifting Center in Madagascar to welcome mainly athletes from the South African countries and the Indian Oceania region.
This proposal is in line with the expansive notions with the IWF Development Program, and all these kinds of initiatives contributing to the promotion of grassroots development are supported by the Weightlifting Family.
WRAP-UP MEETING OF THE 2011 WWC IN BUDAPEST
The President of the French Weightlifting Federation, Jean-Paul Bulgaridhes together with his two closest collaborators National Technical Director, Lionel Gondran and Administrative Director, Alexandra Vigoureux paid a visit to the IWF Secretariat in order to discuss with IWF President, Dr. Tamas Ajan several topics in regard to the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France.
The competition was spectacular thanks to a professional team working wholeheartedly in order to provide an unforgettable event to the participants.
The wrap-up meeting was a great success, and important conclusions were drawn about the organization, execution and delivery of the event.
The French Organizing Committee as a fantastic and unprecedented initiative wishes to offer help and knowledge to all future event organizers in challenges they can face while planning such important IWF competitions.
The French Ministry of National Education, Youth, and Sport as well as the French Olympic Committee were satisfied with the high quality organization of the 2011 IWF World Championships and they wish to pay more attention to the development of weightlifting in France. In the future, the French Weightlifting Federation is aiming to create a yearly international competition – Grand Prix – and celebrate in 2014 its 100th anniversary of creation with an unprecedented competition.
IWF TECHNICAL VISIT IN ALMATY
IWF Competition Director, Attila Adamfi recently paid a visit to the headquarters of the Kazakh Weightlifting Federation in order to discuss several details in regard to the 2014 IWF World Championships to be organized in Astana.
The Federation was represented by Mrs. Gapura Turlykhanova, Vice President, Mr. Alexei Ni, Executive Board Member and Head Coach and Mr. Tapsir Mendikhan, General Secretary.
Attila Adamfi visited Almaty as Member of the National Bandy Team of Hungary participating on the XXII. Bandy World Championships, where he was also re-elected as Vice President of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB) by the FIB Congress.
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JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
PAN AMERICAN OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION EVENT TIMETABLE
We re pleased to inform you that the Timetable of the forthcoming Junior World Championships and Pan American Olympic Qualification Event to be held in Antigua Guatemala in May 2012 is already available. Click here to download.
Further documents to be published soon.
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THE HELLENIC WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION HAS HIGH AMBITIONS
The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation (HWF) President Pyrros Dimas, three times Olympic Champion and bronze medallist made an official visit to the IWF Secretariat with Tasos Papachristou Communication Director in order to discuss cooperation opportunities between the two organizations.
Pyrros Dimas, with his achievements highly contributes to the success of the IWF Anti-Doping Campaign launched during the 2011 IWF World Weightlifting Championships Paris, France. With his knowledge and outstanding personality he is one of the greatest role model for the grassroots generation.
As an outstanding international event in the Calendar, the Hellenic Weightlifting Federation has expressed its intention to organize an IWF Grand Prix called Olympus Tournament in the course of the year. Greek weightlifting has always played a strong and active role on the international scene and with this renewal they wish to enter a new era and concentrate all their efforts to bring back the shining glory and fame of its past success.
Yannis Sgouros, Governor of Attica Region, previous IWF General Secretary and Tasos Papachristou, Vice-President of the HWF will help to put into place projects of development to further consolidate and strengthen weightlifting activity in the country.
CHINESE TAIPEI HIRES CHINESE WEIGHTLIFTING COACH FOR OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS
Chinese Taipei's Weightlifting Association has hired a Chinese coach to help weightlifting hopefuls shine at the 2012 London Olympics.
The association hired a Chinese coach, Zhang Jiamin, four years ago, which proved to be a valuable move. Zhang helped Chen Wei-ling and Lu Ying-chi win bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics.
With the aim of repeating the winning formula, the association hired Yang Hanxiong, a former weightlifting head coach for China's national team, to train Taiwan's weightlifters this year.
TOM GOEGEBUER PREPARED FOR THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Belgian’s best known weightlifter might be Serge Reding with a silver medal at the Olympic Games of 1968, but the last Belgian Olympian (Beijing, 56 kg bodyweight category), Tom Goegebuer certainly beats all records in terms of representation.
With 13 consecutive participations in the European Senior Championships (European Champion in the 56 kg bodyweight category in 2009) and 10 participations in the World Senior Championships he has become a well known face in the world of weightlifting.
As he is the only Belgian competitor at World and European Championships, he can only be qualified for the Olympic Games through an individual qualification with a top 15 in the Olympic qualification list (or in extremis by reallocation). With a 254 kg Total at the last World Championships he is still in the run and already preparing hard for London 2012.
It was a great pleasure having him in South Africa at the Hottentots Holland Weightlifting Club for a pre-Olympic training camp at Strand. Tom also enjoyed the training with some South African top lifters and assisted them wherever possible. It was much appreciated form lifters and hope it will lead to annual visits.
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WINNERS OF THE 2011 LIFTER OF THE YEAR VOTING: TWO RUSSIANS!
At World Weightlifting’s traditional election of the Best Lifter of the Year, the majority of voters – 525! – agreed that the “Jeno Boskovics Challenge Trophy” for Women in 2011 should go to Svetlana Tsarukaeva from Russia. Tsarukaeva collected altogether 4,087 points – winning with a colossal advantage.
Also Russian Khadzimurat Akkaev turned out to be the Best Male Lifter of 2011. He was voted into first position by 391 of his 643 voters, into second place by 143 and into third place by 109. He raised altogether 3,779 points.
The election on the IWF website broke all previous records: 805 valid ballots came from 63 countries. Thank you, Readers!
2011 Lifter of the Year, Svetlana Tsarukaeva: The road to victory
2011 Lifter of the Year, Khadzimurat Akkaev: Emphasizing maximum results
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IWF ANTI-DOPING POLICY WORKING GROUP
Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President following his statement on the IWF Congress at the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France, called an expert meeting in Budapest in order to launch the review process of the IWF Anti-Doping Policy.
Experts such as the IOC Medical Director, WADA Legal Director and WADA European Regional Office and International Federations Relations Director took part in the meeting along with other specialists from international organizations and from the IWF.
The participants agreed that the involvement of RADOs (Regional Anti-Doping Organizations) and NADOs (National Anti-Doping Organizations) are indispensible to aim the further improvement of the IWF Anti-Doping Program.
The fruitful collaboration of the working group will allow the amendment of the IWF Policy to run simultaneously with the modification of the IWF Constitution.
IOC and WADA experts are strongly convinced that the IWF’s strong approach and dedication in the fight against doping is an exceptional example to follow among IFs and demonstrates how to be efficient, compliant and proactive in this challenging task.
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WADA PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CODE SUPPORT
Speaking at the WADA Media Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, WADA President John Fahey emphasized the Code’s importance in the fight against doping in sport and explained that it had been fundamental to WADA’s success in creating a global approach to addressing the issue. He also highlighted the growing need for more anti-doping “champions” in both sport and government, and stressed that doping was an issue that now affected society as a whole.
During the Symposium WADA Legal Counsel Olivier Niggli gave an in-depth presentation on the two-year Code Review Process which has been underway since November 2011.
Also taking part in the Symposium was WADA Director General David Howman, who highlighted the need for ADOs to use full menu testing of athlete samples.
Click here to consult the speech and presentations from WADA’s Media Symposium
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WHEREABOUTS REMINDER
Every IWF NF shall submit their national team athletes' whereabouts through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) quarterly.
Please make sure to submit your whereabouts on time. Countries not submitting whereabouts info on ADAMS on time will not be allowed to participate in any upcoming IWF competitions including but not limited to the continental qualification competitions.
We kindly invite you to fill in the data (name and basic information) with LATIN LETTERS.
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IOC SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH SPORT
One of the IOC’s missions is to promote the Olympic values in order to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of our society. The IOC has thus developed a comprehensive programme using sports development as a tool for local socio - economic and human development in cooperation with UN agencies and other organisations specialised in development and humanitarian aid and National Olympic Committees. The following projects in Costa Rica, Cambodia and Afghanistan truly underline this strong commitment by the IOC to improve the lives of under-privileged communities worldwide.
Read the article here: http://www.olympic.org
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