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2012 Social Science Target Research Grant Program

WADA invites applications for its 2012 Social Science Target Research Grant Program no later than 30 April 2012 on the following topic: “Why do athletes say no to doping?” The overarching body of literature available to date concerning the risk and protective factors tends to focus on why athletes would give in to doping. However, […]

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The fabulous story of a promising Peruvian lifter

Memorable Moment by Julio David Palacios Tello Ercila Beatriz Limas Rosales is a promising young Peruvian weightlifter. At her 16 years she has been ranked among the top eleven youth lifters of the world in the 58 kg category at the last Youth World Championships [...]

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London 2012 Weightlifting team

Matthew Curtain, London 2012 Weightlifting Manager reports that the final staff member of his paid workforce has been recruited. Camélia Bouaziz joins LOCOG as the Weightlifting Administration Group Leader, having been employed previously at the 2011 World Championships Organising Committee and the French Weightlifting Federation prior to that. In addition to his existing personnel comprising […]

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Jean Luc Rougé: Top lifters in focus

One of the most respected French sportsmen Jean-Luc Rougé, judo World Champion (1975). Nowadays he works as General Secretary of International Judo Federation. “There is no sport without weightlifting [...]

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London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be opened by The Queen

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has confirmed that Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium on 29 August. With the role of The Queen in the Olympic Opening Ceremony on 27 July already established, Her Majesty, accompanied by The […]

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