Iran made poor results in the World Championship held in South Korea last month. Moreover, some Iranian lifters were found accountable for doping in previous tournaments. In the technical committee held in Iran’s Weightlifting Federation the officials decided to cancel participation in the tournaments due to the existing turmoil in Iran’s weightlifting society.
Despite being inactive for most of the year, China sports icons Liu Xiang and Yao Ming lead the nominees for the 2009 CCTV Sports Personality of the Year award after the final list was announced on Tuesday. Regarded as China’s “Sports Oscars”, the award honors the most outstanding group or individual in sports for the […]
Krzysztof Beck (1930-1996) participated in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, where he took 5-th place in category 77 kg. Multiple champion of Poland was associated with club “Zawisza”. The memorial tournament to remember Col. Krzysztof Beck is organized since 2000. This year the best athletes of the tournament were Sroka and Muziński.
As emphasized by President of the Polish Weightlifting Federation Zygmunt Wąsiela Champions Gala in Chelm was a great promotion of weightlifting. Six women and ten men in different weight categories competed, among them the world champion Marcin Dolega, Georgian Kosabijew Arsen and Olympic silver medalist from Beijing, a Frenchman Vencelas Dabaya. The combination of weightlifters […]