More than 300 young men and women from a total of 53 countries are expected to gather in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, for the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships this week. With the event running from July 6-14, a selection of top emerging talents in weightlifting will be following in the footsteps of the […]
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The Myanmar Weightlifting Federation held a Youth Weightlifting Competition to join the 2018 Olympic Day movement at their training hall in Yangon on 16 June. With the support of the Myanmar Olympic Committee, 40 youth lifters took part in this celebratory event. The competition happened in the presence of Mr Min Thu Htet, WMF Vice President, […]
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Joint Committee Meeting During the Joint Meeting, all IWF Committees received general information about the New IWF and Tokyo 2020 Bodyweight Categories prepared by the Bodyweight Category Working Group, as well as the methodology behind the establishment of the New World Records. Technical Committee The meeting was held under the leadership of Nicu Vlad, […]
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The Oceania Championships also qualification event for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games took place in Mont Dore (NCL) between 26-30 July. On the occasion of the Youth Championships Nauru, both Australia and New Zealand secured 1 women and 1 men quota place for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, while Kiribati can send a man and Samoa […]
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The OWF held three Education Seminars in conjunction with the Oceania Championships. The Seminars were supported by the IWF through the Continental Support. The Anti-Doping Seminar was lectured by Patrick Schamasch, IWF Anti-Doping Commission Chairman. The aim was to raise awareness among youth athletes, coaches and doctors on the dangers and consequences of doping and […]
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