Up to the third day into the 2009 Junior World Championships running in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, with two women’s and two men’s categories completed, only Asians were crowned world champions. The 56kg gold was “traditionally” taken by Wu Jingbiao, CHN, but in the 62kg Indonesia’s star Irawan retained his supremacy. The women opened with Khamsri […]
Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov bestowed top national honour awards on 7 prominent Bulgarians sportspersons. Among them are two-time Olympic champion and long-lived weightlifting coach Norair Nourikyan, top Nordic skier of all times Petar Popangelov, as well as Olympic female rowing champion Rumyana Neykova and her coach Svilen Neykov. (Bulgarian Radio)
ZEITPLAN / CALENDARIO: Freitag / Venerdì 19. Juni 2009: Ankunft der Delegationen / Arrivo delle delegazioni 15.00 Uhr: „Technische Sitzung / Sessione tecnica” im Hotel „Rumer Hof”, Bundesstraße 11 Trainingsmöglichkeit und Sauna / Centro di formazione con sauna Birkengasse 4 – Trainingszentrum KSV-RUM (Kindergarten / Asilo) von 15.00 Uhr bis 18.00 Uhr Wettkampfhalle / […]
At the 2009 Junior World Championships the IWF will launch for the first time its new technology innovation: the Live Results System. Following the successful tests at the Youth World Championships of ChiangMai and at the Pan-American Championships of Chicago, the IWF will now implement its new Live Results at the Junior World Championships starting […]