The Pan-American Weightlifting Federation is organizing a Best Practices Symposium on NFs Management and High Performance in Houston, Texas on 21-24 February 2013. The Symposium will be held in conjunction with the Pan-American Weightlifting Federation Congress hosted by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the USA Weightlifting, the city of Houston and the Pan-American Weightlifting […]
Attila Adamfi, Competition Director and Eva Balogh, Office Manager arrived in Tashkent for a technical visit to prepare the IWF Congress and 2013 Youth World Championships, YOG qualification event to be held between 6-13 April, 2013. The IWF delegation visited the venue of the Congress and the Uzbekistan Sport Center and discussed all the issues […]
IOC disqualifies Russian weightlifter from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov from the Athens 2004 Olympic Games after further analysis of his stored sample resulted in an adverse analytical finding. Perepetchenov finished third […]
IOC Executive Board recommends 25 core sports for 2020 Games The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, […]
Dr. Patrick Schamasch, former IOC Medical Director – still IOC Advisor for Sotchi 2014 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games paid a visit to the International Weightlifting Federation’s offices in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Schamasch had a fruitful meeting with both the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan and the IWF General Secretary Ma Wenguang.