With respect to the reported situation of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation, which is the appointed host of the 2010 Junior World Championships, Attila Ádámfi, IWF Competition Director and Dr. Mónika Ungár, IWF Legal Counsel paid a visit to Bulgaria on 11-12 January.The Minister of Physical Education and Sport, Ass. Prof. Svilen Neykov received the delegates […]
The Korean Weightlifting Federation confirmed that their Olympic and world champion Jang Mi-Ran was only slightly injured in the car accident reported earlier. She has left and hospitaly and is feeling fine.
‘The 17 year old young talent tore up the European and World records during the European under 17 Championship in Israel and won three gold medals. She is breaking the juniors’ records while she is still competing in the under 17 category. A very bright future is awaiting Okur. The interesting aspect of Saziye Okur’s […]
According to Olympiat Dünyasi (Olympic World), official publication of the Natioanl Olympic Committee of Turkey (published every three months) there will be radical changes in Turkish weightlifting. ‘Our men’s team, in which five out of seven athletes entered the World Championships for the first time in the senior category, could not win any medals. Turkey […]
At its last meeting in Seoul, the IWF Executive Board established and appointed various Commissions to attend to specific tasks in the management and development of the sport of weightlifting. Click here for the LIST. The Commissions and appointed officials will serve a more efficient and professional management of the many tasks facing the IWF […]