The Chilean Weightlifting Federation started to develop Basic Weightlifting Seminars in the framework of the IWF Development Program. As Chile is divided into 15 regions, the complete program includes seminars in 15 different cities. The aim is to improve weightlifting where it is underdeveloped and to consolidate it where it is strong. The last seminars […]
IWF President, Dr. Tamás Aján has paid an official visit to Albania on the occasion of the celebration to honour Acad. Gudar Beqiraj, Honorary President of AWF for his 50 years service in weightlifting. During the ceremony, Dr. Aján gave Prof. Beqiraj, President of the Albanian Academy of Sciences the IWF’s appreciation for his devoted service to the […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published its 2015 Testing Figures Report (2015 Report), which summarizes the results of all 2015 samples analyzed by WADA-accredited laboratories across all sports, as reported in WADA’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS). This includes in- and out-of-competition urine, blood and Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) blood data, and the subsequent AAFs […]
Within the framework of the IWF Education Program, the WFA held a Technical Officials’ Educational Training Course from 14-20 November 2016 in Kampala, Uganda. The Course targeted referees and other Technical Officials from Congo, Kenya, Uganda and was conducted by Prof. Dr. Milan V. Mihajlovic. On the last day of the Seminar the Weightlifting Federation […]
141 years ago, on 30 November 1875 was born one of the undeservedly forgotten heros of weightlifting: Sotirios Versis. The name of this Greek athlete is often missing even from the sports-specific annals, although he rightly deserves a place among the greatest of the sport. At the first Modern Olympic Games held in his country, the 1896 Games […]