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African Championships Casablanca

The African Weightlifting Championships came to end in Casablanca, Morocco. Held from 30 October until 3 November, 69 Men and 32 Women from 11 countries participated in the competition. Organized right after the 2013 IWF World Championships; Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Seychelles, South Africa and Tunisia took part in the African Youth, […]

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Happy Birthday to Nicu Vlad

Nicu Vlad, IWF 1st Vice President, Gold Medallist at the 1984 Olympic Games, several times World and European Champion celebrated its 50th Birthday on 1st November. The IWF wish to congratulate on this occasion. Happy Birthday!

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CGF Appoints Director of Sport

London 31 October 2013 – The Commonwealth Games Federation has appointed Matthew Curtain as its first-ever Director of Sport. Currently the Weightlifting Competition Manager at Glasgow 2014, Matthew has also held senior sports positions with a number of Organising Committees associated with previous Olympic and Commonwealth Games, including the highly successful 2012 summer Olympic Games […]

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2013 IWF World Championships concluded in Wroclaw, Poland

The competition where 292 lifters competed for the Gold was a huge success. The Organizing Committee engaged the crowd during the competitions and with outstanding performances, the athletes put on the show at the competition venue. With sports presentation playing a key role, spectators enjoyed their time at the Centennial Hall. Two Olympic Champions from […]

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Superheavyweight athletes to shine on last competition day

Men’s 105kg NURUDINOV Ruslan (UZB) Asian Champion in 2012, 2013 and 4th place at the London 2012 Olympic Games won easily with 425kg, 20kg more than the Silver Medallist BEDZHANYAN David (RUS). NURUDINOV won the first Gold Medal for Uzbekistan since it became independent. European Champion in 2012 and 2013, BEDZHANYAN gave himself a chance […]

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