The Weightlifting Federation Africa held its Executive Board Meeting in the city of Nairobi, Kenya prior to the kick off of the African Championships – Continental Olympic Qualification Event. Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President, Dragomir Cioroslan, IWF Vice President and Dato Ong Poh Eng, IWF Executive Board Member participated in the Meeting. The Opening Ceremony […]
With four months to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the IOC Coordination Commission has arrived in the capital for its final visit to the host city. The Commission, led by Chairman Denis Oswald, will spend three days – 28 to 30 March – meeting with the London 2012 Organising Committee as well as […]
To Dream or to Work…?
The answer to the above question is very simple to many of us and maybe not, to some of us. Working for our beloved sport for the past 35 years has taught me that with dreaming you cannot achieve unity, strength and respect that the weightlifting sport today holds within and receives from the Olympic Movement.
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The 2012 London Olympic Men’s Qualification status is final. The Women’s Qualification status is not yet final due to one pending case. It will be updated accordingly as soon as possible. The updated Qualification can be found here: Men / Women
Portuguese was recognized as an official language on the ADAMS system run by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). Portuguese and Mandarin were approved as official ADAMS system languages at a meeting of the World Anti-doping Agency in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday. The Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) is a Web-based database management system that […]