The Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, declared open in Omnilife Stadium the Guadalajara Pan-Am Games, which will take place until October 30.“I solemnly declare inaugurated the XVI Pan-Am Games,” said Calderon under the enthusiastic eye of the 49,000 spectators present in the Stadium. Calderon proclaimed his “certainty” that the Games symbolize the “union of fraternity, piece, […]
India added 56 medals, including 17 gold, on the third day of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championship in Cape Town to swell their medall tally to 89.Yukar Sibi won three gold in junior men’s 62kg with a total lift of 264kg (116+148). Jagdish and Neeraj Sharma also won three gold each in […]
The 4th International Tournament held in the dear memory of Vladan Mihajlovic, legendary international and European official (Yougoslavia/Serbia) in Subotica, SRB boasted a lineup including French world champion Venceslav Dabaya and other renowned Olympians. Lifters from 7 countries took part in the Tournament organised by the Serbian Weightlifting Federation, under the capable leadership of Milan […]
On the 9th and 10th October, the WFA Executive Board had its meeting on the occasion of the African Championships held in Cape Town, South Africa in the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President. Among others, the Board discussed the date and place of the African Youth and Junior Championships (November 2011, Kampala, UGA) […]
More than 100 athletes from five continents took part in three days of discussions at the 5th International Athletes’ Forum held by the IOC in Colorado Springs, USA. There was a day of joint meetings with the Athletes’ Council of the International Paralympic Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency’s Athletes Committee, Continental Associations and athletes’ commission representatives […]