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Baltic Cup, 1. day

Weigthlifting Baltic Cup in Pori Finland 27.-28.6.2009  Results:  Women. 1) Ruth Kasirye Norway 291,051 sinclairpoints (total 236  kg, 106+130), 2) Mariete Gotfried Poland 252,450 p. (204 , 94+110), 3) Sabina Baginska Poland 227,221 p. (222, 100+122),4) Heidi Harju Finland 226,325 (182, 84+98), 5) Annika Berntsson Sweden 222,269 (192, 85+107), 6) Anna Everi Finland 213,337 (162, […]

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To the memory of Stefan Polaczuk

Stefan POLACZUK, born on 14.12.1950 in Biała Podlaska. Graduated Academy of Physical Education in Biala Podlaska. Assistant of the first coach of senior national team 2005-2006. Coach of junior national team in 2007-2009. Club coach in Terespol 1978-2005. Outstanding weightlifting sportsman, who coached many top athletes of Poland, among others Adrian Zieliński and Tomasz Zieliński […]

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MOC to commemorate Olympic Day in Mzimba

Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) will commemorate this year’s Olympic Day in Mzimba on Saturday with a number of sporting activities. The Olympic Day is commemorated on June 23 every year worldwide among its 205 members including Malawi. It is the day which the modern Olympics were revived by Frenchman Pierre de Courbetin in 1894. A […]

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Weightlifting exhibition in observance of Olympic Day

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) in association with the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will observe Olympic Day in Guyana with a weightlifting exhibition Saturday. Lifters such as Sean Cozier, who has represented this country in numerous international competitions, along with recently crowned Schoolboys and Novices best lifter Antoine Gordon and Orwayne Cozier amongst others […]

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GOSPER – PRAISE FOR LONDON 2012

TRANSFORMATION OF LONDON’S OLYMPIC PARK- UNMATCHED Australian Olympic official Kevan Gosper has heaped praise on London’s Olympic preparations saying the transformation of a wasteland in the city’s east is unmatched anywhere in Europe. Gosper told journalists at the opening of a world press briefing “the regeneration of an industrial wasteland at Stratford is very exciting […]

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