In February, ten weightlifters and two coaches from seven universities in Japan visited LSUS for a joint training session with the LSU Shreveport weightlifting team. In its second year running, this joint training camp is the outcome of a ten-year friendship between LSUS’s weightlifting Coach, Kyle Pierce, Ph.D., and Coach Junichi Okada of Waseda University […]
Another successful event for the Oceania region which attracted 150 competitors from the following countries: Palau, FSM, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, PNG, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, and New Caledonia. There were some excellent performances amongst the pacific lifters and with the Commonwealth Games coming up this year, this is very encouraging for the region. […]
The 2010 JWC Program is now available for download at the IWF website. The Organising Committee is working on their website and all the other related documentation to become available as soon as possible. We will inform you on the web and via email on the updates.
Dr. Tamás Aján, President of the International Weightlifting Federation and Honorary Member of the IOC received the Olympic Order on February 28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Order was presented to Dr. Aján by Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the IOC. The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement, created by […]