Having reached the age of 70 years in 2009, Dr. Tamás Aján’s term as Member of the International Olympic Committee will come to an end at the end of this year, in accordance with the IOC Charter. However, at the 121st Session of the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, in recognition of his invaluable and exceptional […]
HE Marcus Stephen, President of the Republic of Nauru and President of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation addressed the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York with a very moving speech on the difficulties faced by small island nations as a result of the world economic crisis and global warming. During his visit to the […]
IWF Competition Director Attila ÁDÁMFI covered 4 Asian countries in 10 days in a multiple-event preparation and venue checking tour.The visits included discussions on behalf of the Technical Delegate with the Organising Committee in New Delhi, India, in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Mr. Ádámfi was guest lecturer for Indian technical officials on the […]
The 1st EGAT Youth World Championships held in May 2009 in ChiangMai, Thailand served as the main Qualification Event for teams to participate in the 1st Youth Olympic Games in 2010.Now, all the anti-doping related issues and the proceedings in the doping cases have finally been closed, so the IWF was able to recalculate and […]
The Cook Islands , six years ago, were given the rights to host the 2009 Pacific Mini Games. 15 sports were selected including weightlifting. Our sport enjoys great popularity amongst the Pacific Island nations. And these Pacific Mini Games were no exception. Even though we did not have all the countries of the region in […]