By Gary Anderson insidethegames at Celtic Park in Glasgow An extravaganza of music, dance and celebration got the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games off to a spectacular start here at Celtic Park tonight as the people of Glasgow and Scotland put on a party like only they can to start the 20th edition of the Games. […]
Over ten thousand people attended the Open Weightlifting Class taking place on 6 July in all regional centers of Kazakhstan. The population welcome the event with great interest and enthusiasm. Both adults and children took part in practicing weightlifting while trying to get familiar with a professional training technique. Professional weightlifters held demonstrations and a […]
IWF Grand Prix – 4th Russian President’s Cup will be held from 5-8 September 2014 in Noyabrsk, Russia at the Sports Center “ZENIT”. The athletes will be invited to compete in the following bodyweight categories: Men 94kg, 105kg, +105kg Women 75kg, +75kg In each bodyweight category maximum 12 athletes are allowed to compete: 8 athletes […]
Australia and New Zealand are to take part in next year’s Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, making it Oceania’s first truly Continental Games. It will be the first time the two countries have taken part in the Games since they started in 1963. The Pacific Games Council (PGC) rubber-stamped a proposal to […]
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with President of International Weightlifting Federation Dr. Tamas Ajan at Tatarstan Government House. During the meeting, Tamas Ajan thanked Tatarstan leadership for developing the weightlifting in Russian and worldwide, as well as for holding the World Championship among juniors up to 20 years old at the highest level. Ildar […]