Following the joint meeting with the Weightlifting Federation of Africa officials, the IWF Council sat down in Cairo for a meeting to discuss current issues of primary focus in the sport. The Council – consisting of Messrs. Tamás Aján, Ma Wenguang, Sam Coffa, Hasan Akkus, Dragomir Cioroslan, Zygmunt Wasiela and Ronald Frere – complete with […]
In the framework of the IWF Education Program, started two years ago, the IWF conducted an Anti-Doping Seminar for athletes and coaches in Cairo, in combination with the Youth African Championships, the Qualification Event for the 1st Youth Olympic Games. The Seminar was conducted by Dr. Ágnes Tiszeker, Director of the independent Anti-Doping Group of […]
Nigeria has won a ticket to feature in the Youth Olympic Games weightlifting event. At the end of the Youth Olympic Games trials in Egypt , Nigeria won 13 gold, nine silver and 18 bronze medals to place second behind Egypt. The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation Technical Director, Tunde Adedimeji, said the result was possible because […]
7th international Eleiko Women Weightlifting Grand Prix 2010 from 13 – 16 May in Ohrdruf, GermanyAll info on the Eleiko GP you can find on Eleiko Website:http://www.eleikosport.se/weightlifting/Page.asp?PageNumber=23
Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) plans to send seven or eight weightlifters to Jordon in July to feature in the Asian Weightlifting Championship to give them exposure ahead of the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to be held later this year. “The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) had asked for the […]