On October 31, 2012 the Kosova Weightlifting Federation held its Electoral Congress. The Elections were held at the Hotel LORD in Prishtina where 21 delegates from 7 weightlifting clubs of Kosova where present. Ali Sekiraca and Fahri Hoxha were candidates for the position of President. After the candidates presented the development strategy 2012-2016 for the […]
The Polish Weightlifting Federation held its XVI Electoral Congress on 1 December at the Torwar Sports Hall in Warsaw – venue to welcome the 2013 IWF World Championships. The Electoral Congress was held with the participation of 78 delegates, Mr. Adam Krzesinski, Polish National Olympic Committee General Secretary, Mr. Wojciech Wasiaka, Polish Sports Ministry Director […]
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, presented the ‘Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award’ to Philippe Saint-Cyr for his pioneering role as an internationally renowned weightlifting official, in the development of the sport and for his unpaid work in a variety of federations at the regional, provincial, national and international levels. […]
Friday 30 November marks exactly 600 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. To mark the milestone, which falls appropriately on St Andrew’s Day, pupils from St Andrew’s Primary School in Cumbernauld celebrated the countdown to the Games by donning the Official Glasgow 2014 Tartan for an extra-special plaid-time! In 600 […]
The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) yesterday unveiled its official mascot: “NANJINGLELE”. NANJINGLELE is inspired by a unique natural feature of the host city known as the “Rain-Flower Pebble” (also translated as “Riverstone”). The design of the mascot takes the typical shape and appearance of this stone but in a creative and […]