AFTER 2,042 ENTRIES, AND A VOTE INVOLVING PUPILS FROM 16,769 SCHOOLS, THE MASCOTS FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 HAVE BEEN REVEALED. The winning designs were officially unveiled on 28 February 2018 by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), after elementary school pupils across Japan and at […]
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Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games The Qualification List for weightlifting events of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is published! Check it out by the following link. With the exception of Home Nation, athletes have qualified by name in accordance with the GC2018 Weightlifting Athlete Allocation System. The entries listed above […]
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Hosted by IWF Vice President Zhanat Tussupbekov, the IWF Intercontinental Commission’s meeting took place in the country’s capital, Astana. The IC is composed of the Presidents and General Secretaries of the Continental Federations and, last but not least, the President and General Secretary of the IWF. The Astana gathering was also attended by the IWF’s […]
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We are very sad to announce that the former President of the Colombian Weightlifting Federation Mr.Tulio Hernán Martínez Leal died today after battling disease for a long time. Under his presidency, the Colombian Federation made huge progress, producing many medals at high level international competitions (including Olympic Games and World Championships) and Colombia organized the Junior World […]
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Weightlifters from eight countries across the Oceania region will gather in Brisbane this weekend for the 2018 Australian Open at the Sleeman Sports Complex – and the competition is set to be more ferocious than ever. With last year’s event having served as a qualifier for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which will take place in […]
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