London 2012 Stamps London 2012 has entered into an agreement with Royal Mail, the national postal service of the United Kingdom, to create and publish a collection of commemorative stamps celebrating the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Over the course of the next 3 years Royal Mail will publish a total of thirty stamps […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is offering the public a chance to make Olympic history by designing an Olympic medal for the Youth Olympic Games. People around the world are being invited to submit their designs for the medals to be awarded at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) which will be held in Singapore […]
Asian champion Sun Haibo beat defending champion Dong Feng to claim the title of the strongest man in China in the men’s over 105kg category at the 11th Chinese National Games on Monday. Sun, representing Jilin province, made an amazing lift in his second attempt, jerking 245kg, totaling 445kg to secure the gold. Sun, Asian champion […]
Teenager Yang Zhe of Shandong stunned veteran Wang Hailong with obvious advantage to win the gold medal in the men’s 105kg category at the National Games Monday. Yang, winner in the national championships in 2008, took the lead since the snatch to nail the gold with one attempt left, totalling at 402kg. However, the 18-year-old […]
The following countries have subbmitted thier whereabouts information to the IWF before the 25th October 2009: ARG, ARM, AUS, AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CAN, CHN, COL, CYP, CZE, DOM, ESA, ESP, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GEO, GER, GRE, HUN, IND, IRI, IRL, ITA, JPN, KAZ, KOR, LAT, LIB, LTU, MAS, MGL, MLT, MRI, NED, NIR, […]