The 16th Asian Games (www.gz2010.cn/en), part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is reporting that co-host cities Foshan, Dongguan and Shawei are “chomping at the bit” and will be ready to go when the Games begin in November 2010. According to Zhu Yimin, Deputy Secretary General of […]
Randy Hauer and David Miller teamed up with guest presenter Carissa Gump. Gump is an American record holder in the clean and jerk as well as a Beijing Olympian. She lives in Colorado Springs and trains at the Olympic Training Center. Hauer and Miller run Rocky Mountain Strength and Health, which is a satellite of […]
A book was published due to the anniversary of 75 years old Finnish Weightlifting Federation. The book is written unfortunatelly in Finnish only. The title is: “EINO MÄKINEN – Kurun Karhu” (Eino Mäkinen – the bear from Kuru). 191 photos and illustrations decorate the book.The author is Lauri Järvinen. His work is a biography of […]
Making her first appearance at the World Weightlifting Championships, Sarah Bertram, who works and trains at Ironworks Gym in Creswell, placed 16th overall while establishing a new Oregon women’s record for her weight class in the snatch. After successfully making all three of her snatch attempts during the world championships, Bertram’s lift of 89 kilograms […]