On the 3rd day of the competitions, Haiti made its first step in the history of World Championships. Celestin Madgelin became the first ever athlete from Haiti in Women 58kg category competing on the World Championships. On the last day of the YWC, World Records were broken in both genders, the crowded venue could witness […]
WADA has suspended the accredited laboratory in Tunis, Tunisia from carrying out anti-doping analyses for six months. The suspension is in effect as of May 6, 2011. During the suspension period, this laboratory will not be permitted to analyze anti-doping samples. The laboratory may appeal this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport within […]
The first day of the 2nd Youth World Championships in Lima, Peru has already produced new Youth World Records. Jiang Hao from China overwrote the whole youth 50kg record table, lifting 100kg in the Snatch, 121kg in the Clean & Jerk, improving the Total to 221kg with an impressive 8kg increase. On the second day […]
The second edition of the International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development came to a close on 11th May at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Geneva with the adoption of a list of recommendations aimed at leveraging sport as a tool for positive change. Jointly organised by the IOC and the UN Office on […]
Poland’s sporting hero and one of the All-Time Greatest in Weightlifting, double Olympic champion Waldemar Baszanowski who died at the age of 75, received the last farewell in a requiem mass in Warsaw on 9th May 2011. Hundreds of friends, followers, colleagues and admirers, officials and weightlifters turned out for his funeral. The IWF and […]