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WADA Launches New eFormat of Play True Magazine

WADA Launches New eFormat of Play True Magazine with Special 10th Anniversary IssueThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published a “Special 10th Anniversary” issue of its flagship magazine, Play True. On this occasion, WADA has also launched a new format for the magazine. In addition to the paper and PDF formats, a new Web version […]

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Singapore Weightlifting Federation gets a new home

Singapore’s first Olympic medal was in weightlifting – with Tan Howe Liang winning a silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics. And now, as the Singapore Weightlifting Federation gears up for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), there are plans to lift the sport to new heights. With a new facility at Jalan Benaan Kapal, set […]

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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s hopeful for Goyang

Almira Lizde was born 04. 07. 1982. in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She started with weightlifting in 1998, after Bosnian war. Regarding all category athletes, men and women, she is the best Bosnian lifter. Last year she was second of all female competitors in all sports in Bosnia! She won at Alpe Adria Cup many […]

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Happy Birthday Chun Byung-Kwan

The Korean Olympic Champion (1992) celebrates his 40th birthday today.Chun Byung-Kwan won silver medal in front of the home crowd in 1988 and four years later became Olympic Champion in Barcelona (56 kg). In 1991 when he became a world champion he was awarded the AIPS Trophy.

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WADA Publishes Revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Montreal, November 3, 2009 – Following approval by its Executive Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now published the revised International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (ISTUE). This Standard will take effect on January 1, 2010. The ISTUE was revised as a result of the adoption of the 2010 Prohibited List. The ISTUE had […]

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