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Vienna

The “Online casino österreich” (founded in December 1889) is officially recognised by the Imperial and Royal Governorship and became the first world’s national governing body for weightlifting

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Kazakh chances

None of the Olympic Champions of Beijing are in a position to repeat their victories at 2009 and 2010 World Championships. Instead of outstanding stars of the different categories we can enjoy sharp competition with field filled by many lifters to establish a claim to the first place on the podium. On the final result […]

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Kostova and Hristov to lift for Azerbaijan

Bulgarian weightlifting federation has issued a permit for Boyanka Kostova and Valentin Hristov to compete for Azerbaijan during the forthcoming Wolrd Championships. Kostova was approached by the Azeri delegation right after she won the title at tha First Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Because of a long ongoing dispute about her licence she left her […]

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Calancea: Paris is a step towards my Olympic Gold Medal Dream

Grabbing Gold in Clean and Jerk (220 kg) and Bronze in the Total (397 kg) at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championship, Valeriu Calancea (94 kg) had to practice hard to tower his previous results in Paris. „Lia Manoliu” National Sports Centre has become his second home during the last ten years. Or better to say […]

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Updates about the Turkish Women Team

The first gold medal will be decided in the women’s Weightlifting 48 kg category, scheduled to begin on 5th November at 5:00 pm. One of the hot favorites is Turkish Olympic, World and six times European champion Nurcan Taylan. According to Dr Hasan Akkus President of Turkish Federation Taylan’s preparation was undisturbed for Paris and […]

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