On 14 August 2009, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee will be organising a One Year Countdown event to commemorate 365 days to the first Youth Olympic Games. Join in the countdown to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games.Event details:Date: Friday, 14 August 2009 – Time: 5pm to 9pmVenue: The Padang, Connaught DriveCount down to […]
National Federations may propose Technical Officials to work at the 2009 Goyang World Championships (19-29 November), to be held in Goyang City, Korea. The IWF’s Calling Letter tells about the conditions of the nomination. The Nomination Form is downloadable. Deadline: 19 August 2009
Dominican weightlifter Yuderqui Contreras has cleared her name after the International Olympic Committee announced that Contreras’ B sample came up as negative during tests in Paris. Contreras’ A sample, taken shortly after the 2008 Beijing Olympics tested positive for the performance enhancing drug CERA. There had also been much controversy and suspicion surrounding Contreras because […]
European Junior Championships, Landskrona In his last article the President of Swedish Weightlifting Federation, Benny Johansson, expresses his thought about forthcoming European Junior Championships in Landskrona. The organizer plan for 180 – 190 athletes from 30 – 35 countries, and all together about 350 people which are involved in the competition during the last week […]
The Board of Directors announced that Rick Adams has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of USA Weightlifting. Rick worked his way through law school as a decorated police officer. He chose law school as a means for getting a business background and immediately after graduating law school put his degree and experience as […]