25 Years Ago Los Angeles Made Olympic History…You are invited to a gala dinner and programcelebrating the 25th anniversary of the1984 Olympic Games.This special event will be held on the floor ofthe famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseumand also will serve as a reunionfor LAOOC employees and volunteers. Sponsored by:The Southern California Committee for the Olympic […]
On 28th June, in Pescara, Italy, in connection with the Mediterranean Games, the Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation held its Congress. In the presence of Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President and Dr. Antonio Urso, EWF President, as well as 14 member countries, a new Executive Board was elected to the Confederation. MWC Executive Board President: Maurizio Lo […]
75 years of Finnish Weightlifting On a beautiful summer day on June 28, 2009 in Pori, Finland, the ‘Who’s Who’ of Finnish weightlifting gathered together to celebrate 75 years of Finnish Weightlifting. The first weightlifting competition had been held over a hundred years ago back in November of 1892, but on November 25, 1934, the […]
WEIGHTLIFTING and athletics topped the fitness test in their preparation for the Pacific Mini Games in Cook Islands. According to assessors’ finding released by the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) and the National Selection and Justification Committee (NSJC), both sports were rated 95 per cent competitive and 100 per cent fit. From general […]