Ingrid Marcum was at York High School in Elmhurst when she dreamed of making the U.S. Olympic team as a gymnast. Marcum, 33, is still pursuing her goal, but with a twist. The Elmhurst native wants to make it to the Olympics as a pusher on the women’s bobsled team. Marcum, who also is a […]
At its September 19, 2009, meeting, WADA’s Executive Committee approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2010. The new List will now be officialized and published on WADA’s Web site by October 1, 2009. It will take effect on January 1, 2010.The Prohibited List is one of the cornerstones of the harmonized fight […]
Anti-Doping Norway believes that the sharing of knowledge and experience across borders contributes in improving and strengthening the fight against doping in sport. Therefore, through this newsletter, we wish to share some of our activities with our anti-doping friends throughout the world. In this way, we can learn form each other and make each other […]
COMMONWEALTH WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS BIGGER THAN EVER The 2009 Commonwealth Junior & Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held in Penang, Malaysia from 18 – 23 October 2009. The organising committee is expecting more than 20 nations to participate in Penang from the five continents in what will be Malaysia’s first international weightlifting championships event since the […]
On September 17 Nodar Akhalkatsi, the President of the Georgian Football Federation, resigned due to the Georgian national team’s poor results. He gave no other reason for his decision, claiming he was leaving “voluntarily”. Giorgi Asanidze, the former Olympic weightlifting champion who is now Chairman of the Sports and Youth Issues Parliamentary Committee, thinks that […]