Check out some of the Press articles published in the international media with special regards to Weightlifting at the Olympic Games: Reuters: Weightlifting http://www.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/sport/weightlifting BBC: Weightlifting http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/sports/weightlifting NBC Olympics: Weightlifting http://www.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/index.html Weightlifting sees records tumble – London 2012 – Weightlifting http://www.olympic.org/news/round-up-weightlifting-sees-records-tumble-london-2012/172709 North Korea’s Om Yun Chol attributes Olympic weightlifting success to ‘Great Leader’ http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/07/29/north-koreas-om-yun-chol-attributes-olympic-weightlifting-success-to-great-leader/ […]
In weightlifting 84 NOCs were represented with 252 athletes. (Women: 57 NOCs, 103 athletes, Men: 70 NOCs 149 athletes) 19 countries won medals (!) 6 countries won gold medals 33 Olympic Records, 11 World Records and 1 Junior World Record were broken 41% of the weightlifting competitors were female (women took part e.g. from TUN, […]
At a meeting held at Thailand’s Office of Higher Education, TAWA and Thai University sports officials agreed to submit a united bid to FISU to host the World University Weightlifting Championships in 2014. The host University would be the North Chiang Mai University. The IWF will eagerly support the bid to be decided by the […]
Out of the 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the Independent Olympic Athletes participating in the XXX Games of the Olympiad, the following weightlifters were Flagbearers at the Closing Ceremony: Albania Romela BEGAJ Cook Islands Luisa PETERS Kiribati David KATOATAU Kyrgyzstan Bekzat OSMONALIEV Nauru Itte DETENAMO Papua New Guinea Steven KARI Ukraine Oleksiy TOROKHTIY Source: […]
After 16 days of outstanding sporting competitions in the Olympic venues of London 2012, as well as two memorable ceremonies, the curtain has now fallen on the Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012. Described by IOC President Jacques Rogge, as “happy and glorious Games”, they will undoubtedly leave long-lasting and happy memories to […]