Mr. Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, in the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation held a meeting with Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President. They discussed several aspects related to the actual sports politics.
Men’s 105kg 3 Gold Medals were awarded to the Russian lifter BOCHKOV Rodion ending the competition with a Total of 374kg. His compatriot, DZAGOEV Soslan (RUS) ended up second with a difference of 3kg between the two lifters (371kg). 5th place after the Snatch with only 1 good attempt, SAMORAJ Jaroslaw (POL) came up to […]
Ahead of the IWF Electoral Congress to be held in Moscow, Russia on 20-21 May, the President of the International Weightlifting Federation Dr. Tamas Ajan informed the press about the preparations and expectations. He is leading a strong and clean campaign to be reelected for his last 4 years term.
Renowned Olympic champion of Hungary, Imre FÖLDI was honoured in a ceremony organised by his city and club Tatabánya on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Multiple world champion and world record holder (in 56 and 60kg) Imre FÖLDI held the unique record of altogether 5 Olympic Games participations, whereby after 2 silver medals, at the age […]
Two-thirds of tickets to experience the action and thrills of the Commonwealth Games will be priced at £25 or less, it was revealed today. Announcing a family-friendly ticketing strategy focused on delivering packed stadia and a ‘Games for Everyone’, the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee unveiled that access to sporting events at one of the world’s […]