We are very close to the first anniversary of the unforgettable Beijing Olympic Games. We all have memories of the Asian capital, its everyday life, culture, people and habits. Many of us had a chance to look around the city, to visit some places of interest or climb on Great Wall. To remember those nice […]
Taiwan’s Chen Wei-ling has broken two world records to capture the gold medal in the women’s powerlifting lightweight division at the World Games in Kaohsiung Saturday. Chen set world records in the squat and deadlift to offset her fifth-place finish in her weakest powerlifting discipline, the bench press, to win the gold medal with a […]
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 […]
World Weightlifting’s latest issue has appeared! In the 2009/1 edition readers can find exclusive interviews with IWF President and newly elected General Secretary. Further articles: Reports on European and Asian Championships. Confessions of a Queen – interview with Liu Chunhong. The Austrian connection at the Arnold.
The Slovak Olympic Committee on its website reported that Ondrej Hekel passed away today in Bratislava at age of 65. He was born 16. 02. 1944. Wearing the national colours of Czechoslovakia he participated in three Olympic Games:1968 Mexico City Lightweight 9th 390 kg (120, 120, 150)1972 Munich Middleweight 4th 462.5 kg (150, 142, 5 […]