Regarded as China’s “Sports Oscars”, the awards honor the most outstanding groups and individuals each year. This year the 11th edition of the event had 11 categories. The nominees’ list, which featured five candidates in each category, was voted for by 268 media representatives. Chinese weightlifters pocketed eight gold medals in Beijing, but at the […]
Olympic Champion Ilya Ilyn (23), the gold medallist of the 2011 IWF World Championships Paris, France topped the “Best Athlete of Kazakhstan” poll with the most points. (50 journalists of the Kazakh Sport Journalists Association voted.) Following his victories in Doha 2005 and Santo Domingo 2006 Ilyn won his third World Championships on lighter bodyweight […]
Belgian’s best known weightlifter might be Serge Reding with a silver medal at the Olympic Games of 1968, but the last Belgian Olympian (Beijing, 56 kg bodyweight category), Tom Goegebuer certainly beats all records in terms of representation. With 13 consecutive participations in the European Senior Championships (European Champion in the 56 kg bodyweight category […]
Aliaksandra Herasimenia, World Champion swimmer (100 m freestyle) has won the title of Best Athlete in Belarus in 2011 when journalists participated in a poll conducted by Sportswriters Association of Belarus. Paris World Champion Nastassia Novikava became second seven points behind the winner (third Daria Domracheva biathlon World Champion). It is remarkable to note the […]
Moment of the Year by Anikó Németh-Móra
In my 34 years (!) with the IWF, I have been fortunate enough to witness and partake in many emotional and uplifting moments that burned into my memory. [...]