Singapore – 14 August 2010: Thailand’s Olympic Champion Pawina Thongsuk visited the YOG Weightlifting venue, the Toa Payoh Sports Hall today. Acting as weightlifting’s ‘Athlete Role Model’ at these Games, Pawina said she was very impressed by the beautiful design and high-standard setup of the weightlifting venue. Indeed, the stage and the Field of Play […]
Singapore – On 13 August 2010, Olympic Team Managers verified their Final Entries at the meeting held in the YOG Competition Venue: the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. The Start List published today, 14 August 2010 includes a total of 108 young athletes, aged 16 and 17 years, representing 65 nations from the five continents. For […]
World of Weightlifting is looking forward to the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games hosted by Singapore held between the 14th until the 26th of August. The Games will attract about 3600 young athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from 205 National Olympic Committees. The first edition of the YOG will welcome […]
Dr. Pál Schmitt, former Olympic Champion in fencing, Member of the IOC and President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee since 1989 was elected President of the Republic of Hungary. He took office on Friday, the 6th of August at a ceremony attended by 200 guests at the Presidential Palace in Budapest’s Castle District. During […]
The 2010 Youth Olympic Games are about to begin in Singapore. For your information please note that the ENTRIES BY CATEGORY are available on the IWF website.