The 4th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships will be held in Chiangmai, Thailand, 5-8 December 2014. The location must be familiar (and evokes pleasant memories) for the Weightlifting Community: the city in Northern Thailand was host to wonderful World Championships in 1997, in 2007, and the 1st Youth WWC in 2009. The accommodation will be […]
The President of the Czech Republic Weightlifting Federation, Petr Krol accompanied by his colleague Laszlo Pasztor paid a visit to Budapest and held discussions with the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. Questions were raised with the representatives of each different key area and topics related to education, development and anti-doping were discussed. The Czech Federation […]
IWF Director General Attila Adamfi concluded a second technical visit in preparation of the 2014 IWF World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He had several meetings with Omar Mustafin, CEO of the Organizing Committee covering all aspects of the preparation. The Kazakh Weightlifting Federation intends to raise the standard for future organizers higher, as they work […]
The 2014 IWF Masters World Championships held last week in Copenhagen, Denmark welcomed the large turnout of 539 competitors of which 117 were women. Both the Danish hosts and the supervising IWF Masters Committee, as well as the participants took the Championships very seriously and it was manifest in the high level of technical arrangements and the […]
The 4th Russian Federation President’s Cup – IWF Grand Prix was held successfully with the participation of nearly 50 athletes from 14 countries in Noyabrsk, a city in North Siberia, Russia on 6-7 September, 2014. The prestigous Olympic qualification event was held in the brand new Sport Hall „Zenit” in 75, +75 kg bodyweight categories […]