A Weightlifting Educational Seminar was held in Ghana from 22 to 24 November. The complex course that ended today was organized in the framework of the IWF Development Program, and dealt with important anti-doping, coaching, nutrition and technical issues. Organizing such courses regularly on the African continent has a great impact on the development […]
Montreal, November 21, 2010 – During its meeting of November 21st held in Montreal, Canada, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Foundation Board endorsed a second three-year term for the Agency’s President, the Hon. John Fahey, and Vice-President, Prof. Arne Ljungqvist.
At its meeting in Brussels, the FISU Executive Committee allocated the organisation of the 3rd World University Weightlifting Championships to the Israel Academic Sport Association.The Championships will be held in Eilat, from 5th to 10th November 2012.
Olympic Gold Medalist in Beijing, Lu Yong (CHN) won first place in the Men’s 85kg bodyweight category at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, China with a total of 376kg. Second place went to the Uzbekistanian lifter Mansurbek Chashemov followed by Kim Kwang Hoon (KOR) who ended up third. In Women’s 69kg, the Olympic Champion […]
The city of Limassol, on the south coast of Cyprus, will host the 2010 European Junior & Under 23 Weightlifting Championships, to be held from the 19th until 28th of November. The official time schedule will be announced after the verification of Final Entries during the Technical Meeting on 20 November 2010. According to the […]