Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their Independence, the Barbados Weightlifting Association (BWA) joined these festivities by holding the very first single-day-Tournament in the last 40+ years. This time the Phillips & Springer Classic, on Sunday 27 November, was revived to give the present-day lifters an opportunity to show the world their level of commitment to […]
United World Wrestling in partnership with the International Weightlifting Federation hold a Strength and Conditioning Course for wrestling coaches in Kuortane, Finland between 16th and 20th November supported by the Olympic Solidarity. 30 participants from 17 countries participated at the course where IWF experts, Mr. Tamas Feher and Ms. Karoliina Lundahl delivered theoretical and practical […]
On 1st December 2016, the European Weightlifting Federation held its Executive Board meeting opened by its President Dr. Antonio Urso. The Israel Weightlifting Federation President Oren Shai gave information about the upcoming European Junior and U23 Championships. The Congress was held on 2nd December. EWF General Secretary Dr. Hasan Akkus informed the members about the […]
One with old traditions but less-than-required presence in the weightlifting scene in our days, the Swiss Weightlifting Federation organized a two-part Seminar within the framework of the IWF Development Program. The first part of the coaching course was held in May while the second part took place during the last weekend of November. Gabriel Prongué and […]
Yuriko Koike, who took office in August, agreed on the four-party talks, which will involve the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Japanese Government. The IOC President Bach said he was “fully committed to having Games in a sustainable and feasible way” and he was sure that […]