Samoa is ready to host one of the biggest weightlifting events ever held in the Pacific. The 2012 Oceania & Commonwealth Senior, Junior and Youth Championships will take place in Apia from Wednesday 6th to Saturday 9th June. The Oceania Electoral Congress was held today at the Samoa Convention Centre. Dr. Tamas Ajan received the […]
Lausanne, June 1st 2012 The IOC held a meeting in for International Federations, dedicated to the 1st Olympic Youth Development Center (OYDC) built in Zambia in 2010 and to a second Center to be opened in Haiti in 2013. 24 IFs representatives, including the IWF, were invited to participate in the meeting where apart from […]
By David Bond BBC sports editor The World Anti Doping Agency has revised its code to include an “Olympic ban” for serious drugs offenders. The British Olympic Association (BOA) recently lost a legal battle to keep its lifetime ban for drugs cheats. But Wada’s revised draft of the code means athletes guilty of serious doping […]
WADA’s Director General resolved to uphold integrity of sport David Howman, WADA’s Director General, travels from conference to conference, from meeting to meeting and talks about integrity, honesty and the fight against doping. He listens and he learns, and ensures that practices are put in place and upheld. If you believe in clean sport he […]
It is with sadness that the IWF was informed that U.S. weightlifiting passionate Mike Cady passed away on April 11, 2012. Judge Mike Cady, of Frederick, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Kline Hospice House after a long battle against cancer. Born June 21, 1943, to Bernard and Lola Mae Cady, he was raised in […]