Matthias would probably like to lift the whole world above his head out of happiness after the 27-year-old became a father nearly a week ago. His wife Inge (39) gave birth to son Felix in hospital in Heidelberg. The youngster already weighs nearly four kilograms. BILD: How did if feel to hear your son cry? […]
Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation President Anton Kodjabashev reports that Mr. Svilen Nejkov, Minister for Sport and Education of Bulgaria has accepted the post of Honorary Chairman of the 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. As a reminder, here is the Program of the 2010 JWC: 36th MEN and 16th WOMEN WORLD JUNIOR WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 – 20. 06. 2010 […]
Isgandar Askerov, the President’s Special Representative from the Azerbaijan Weightlifting Federation, alongside Yanko Rusev, Chief Coach for Azerbaijan paid a visit at the IWF headquarters in Budapest. Both officials confirmed to the IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján that Azerbaijan is eager and ready to host a major weightlifting event in the near future. Sport, within that weightlifting, […]
New Delhi’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games have again come under fire from Mike Hooper, the chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), who has admitted that the organisation is growing increasingly frustrated at the missed deadlines. The Games are due to open in 200 days time on October 3 but several venues remain […]
New Zealand has a new President in Weightlifting. Mr. Rory Barret, one of the top weightlifters New Zealand produced in the 1970´s and 1980´s has been elected to the position of President of Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand. Mr. Terry Hughes is the new CEO.