Men 50kg – First Gold goes to Thailand The 2017 IWF Youth World Championships Bangkok, THA kicked off with the Men’s 50kg bodyweight category. The home country, Thailand gave it a strong start with the victory of CHOMCHUEN Teerapat (THA). LE Nguyen Quoc Bao attempted to break the Youth World Record in the Snatch with […]
On the occasion of the IWF Technical visit for the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships Tokyo, JPN Attila Adami, Director General met the Organizing Committee led by Japan Weightlifting Association President Yoshiyuki Miyake. The delegation went to meet Suzuki Daichi, Japan Sport Minister who gave assurance of his support. Attila Adamfi with Reiko Chinen participated in […]
The IWF held its Congress in Bangkok, THA at the Grand Four Wing Convention Hotel prior to the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships that kicked off today. Delegates from 56 Member Federations participated. Congress delegates received a detailed report IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan about the outcome of the Executive Board meeting. As the deadline […]
Prior to the Olympic qualification Youth World Championships, the IWF Executive Board discussed a number of weighty issues at its meeting in Bangkok, on 2nd April. The Financial Report revealed a highly successful year of 2016 for the Federation, including substantial incomes – largely, but not only – originating from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games revenues […]
126 years ago, on March 28th 1891, the first World Championships were held in London. By the time it was very easy to organize World Championships due to the low number of attendees (6 countries, 7 athletes). With no criteria of bodyweight, the local British Edward Lawrence Levy won and became the first World Champion. […]