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Asian Youth Qualification Championships launched in Tashkent

The IWF Event qualifying Youth lifters from the Asian Continent to the 1st Youth Olympic Games have been launched in Uzbekistan’s capital and will last for a week more. The competitions are held in a sports hall at the foot of the TV Tower of Tashkent. 133 youth-aged lifters from 23 countries are on the […]

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2010 Junior WC Organising Committee and Entry deadline

The Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation has published the composition of the ORGANIZING COMMITTEE for the 36th Men’s and 16th Women’s Junior World Championships 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria:  •1.    Svilen Nejkov – Honorary Chairman•2.    Anton Kodjabashev- President of OC•3.    Tenio Tenev – Executive Secretary•4.    Sevdalin Marinov – Competition Director•5.    Norair Nurikian – VIP Coordinator•6.    Nikola Mollov – International […]

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2010 Norwegian Championships: "Probably the best ever"!

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Weightlifting Club of Trondheim, the Norwegian Federation staged a large Championships. Trondheim is Norway’s 3rd largest city and the public interest in the Anniversary event was high. Alongside the local nobilities, the President of the Norwegian Federation Mr. Per Mattingsdal, IWF Auditor and former President of NWF Mr. Tryggve Duun, […]

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Manuel IWF 2009-2012 en francais! – IWF Handbook in French!

La Fédération Internationale d’Haltérophilie est heureuse de communiquer a ses membres francophones que l’édition francaise du MANUEL IWF 2009-2012 a été publiée et est alors disponible.Le livre, traduit par notre ami réspecté M Philippe Saint-Cyr et rédigé par Mme Anikó Németh-Móra directrice contient la Constitution, les Regles techniques et des compétitions, la Politique antidopage et […]

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