New web site for Lithuanian WF
Lithuanian Weightlifting Federation has launched its new website. The website address is www.lsaf.lt
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‘Bronze Medalist’ Has Charms of Sports Drama
Pushing limits, celebrating team spirit and savoring that delicious victory _ or honorable loss _ the classic sports drama is programmed to grip viewers with an adrenaline rush. “Bronze Medalist,” featuring weightlifting teenage girls, offers everything you expect from such a film, but also more. South Korea is a country obsessed with first prizes, and […]
Sri Lankan bronze at Japan's Weightlfting Senior Championships
69th & 21st JAPAN WEIGHTLIFTING MAN AND WOMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 51 woman and 72 men competed in Memorial Gymnasium on Saitama (04-05.07.2009). , 12 Japan senior and 2 juniors (U20) records were broken. (By Marek Drzewowski) Results One Sri Lankan male athlete competed in 69kg category and got bronze medal.He is living in Japan because he […]
Successful "100 year anniversary of the athletics club Rorschach"
Daniel Tschan, the President of the Swiss Weightlifting Association summed up the 100 years long his story of the club. In 1909 the foundation of this club was a landmark is the development of weightlifting in the whole country. Rorschach was not only very successful but also had a role model within the association. Mayor […]
18th Israel Maccabiah Remembers Munich Terror Victims
Over 1,000 Jewish athletes, families, coaches, staff and administrators of the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel took part in a memorial ceremony to remember the 11 Israel Olympians who were murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.(The Maccabiah is the world´s largest and best Jewish athletic competition in the tradition and values of Maccabi, emphasizing the […]