Olympic champion Long Qingquan made his impressive debut at the 11th Chinese National Games as he towered weightlifting legend Mutlu’s jerk world record in men’s 56kg category Friday. Long of Hunan hoisted 169kg in his final attempt to smash the jerk world record by one kilo, which was made by Turkish Olympic champion Halil Mutlu. […]
UK Anti-Doping will be responsible for enforcing the compliance of sports’ governing bodies with the World Anti-Doping Code. The government also says it will open a “drugs cheats hotline” beginning next year to allow confidential reporting of those suspected of doping and create an athlete committee to liaise between UKAD and competitors.
Arturo Macapagal, president of the Philippine Olympian Association, announced the passing away of Olympian Rodrigo del Rosario, 92. He was the first to represent his country at Olympic Games in weightlifting. Del Rosario, from Cabangan, Zambales, represented the country in three Olympics: London 1948 (5th), Helsinki 1952 (4th) and Melbourne 1956 (eliminated in clear and […]
Attention National Federations! The deadline for Final Entries to the 2009 Goyang World Championships expires on 25th October 2009.Send your Final Entries to the Organising Committee armi8@nullkorea.kr with a copy to the IWF tamas.ajan@nulliwfnet.net before the deadline.