Myanmar will be banking on six weightlifters to improve on their achievements of one gold, two silver and one bronze they won at the 23rd SEA Games in the Philippines in 2005. With weightlifting not included two years ago in Korat, Myanmar will be hoping that the return of the sport for the Laos edition […]
Red – an auspicious colour for any Chinese occasion – dominated the shores of the harbour this (December 5) evening when the East Asian Games came to roost in Hong Kong for the next nine days.The spectacular opening ceremony was indeed unique. It used Hong Kong’s iconic harbour skyline as a backdrop. The cast of […]
Even as the International Weightlifting Federation ponders over the quantum of punishment for the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after a series of positive dope results, some more cases are set to be added to the list. The embarrassment for the country is not just because the number of offenders is set to go up by […]
Olympic Champion Pak Hyon Suk and Olympic bronze medalist O Jong Ae did not take part at Goyang City World Championships but their names appeared on the entry list of the East Asian Games. According to the entry list the composition of the Chinese team at the East Asian Games as follows: Men JIANG HAIRONG […]
USA Weightlifting is pleased to announce that KeepOurTanker.com will be the title sponsor of the 2009 American Open, Dec. 11-13 in Mobile, Ala. “We appreciate the support of KeepOurTanker.com and are excited to partner with such a worthy cause at one of our most prestigious events,” said USA Weightlifting CEO Rick Adams (Colorado Springs, Colo.) […]