The IWF Grand Prix President’s Cup held in Belgorod, Russia had an exceptional opening on 17th December. The competition is held in the Training Sport Complex named after two times Olympic (1996, 2000) and nine times World champion gymnast Svetlana Khorkina born in Belgorod. She greeted all participants of the first President’s Cup including 31 […]
The Capital of Qatar, the modern city Doha, has become a very important centre of Arabic Sports – both traditional and major multi-sport events. Now hosting the 12th edition of the Arab Games featuring 33 disciplines including weightlifting, Dr. Tamás Aján IWF President believes that it has grown to be a major event in the […]
Many long-term programs supporting sport and healthy life style have been accepted in Russian Federation on federal and regional levels. The confirmation of these words is the order signed by the President of Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev on third of February 2011, „on establishing the Russian Federation President’s Cup.” President of Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev […]
Polish weightlifter Jan Bochenek who competed in Garrison WKS Lodz (1951-1959) and Legia Warsaw (1960-1962), where his coach was Joseph Styczyński died at the age of 80. Multible European and World Championships medalist, he won the third place at the 1960 Olympic Games. Five times Polish Champion Bochenek set up 18 national records in total. […]
The event designed primarily for London 2012 and the International Weightlifting Federation run smoothly and gave great contentment and high satisfaction to both organizations. The last day of the Test Event’s action saw Hungarian Peter Nagy claim victory in the Men’s +105kg category with a Total of 396kg. Dovhal won the Women’s +75kg with 255kg. […]