Mr. Kang Hyun Suk, Mayor of Goyang City, host of the 2009 World Championships visited the IWF Secretariat at Budapest with his delegation. Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President and members of the IWF Secretariat met the Goyang delegation and discussed the preparation of the 2009 Goyang World Championships. Further members of the delegation were Mr. […]
As a result of elections the new officials of Kenya Amateure Weightlifting Association are Pius Ochieng Chairman and John Ogolla secretary general. They are still setting up the new secretariat at Kitengela. The new chairman, Pius Ochieng is a two time Olympian, he had 10th position in Los Angeles and 15th in Seoul Olympic Games.
It was day four, the last day of the Pan-American Weightlifting Championships. The first group out was the men’s 105 kg weight class. With their first lift starting between 141 kg and 160 kg (between 311 lbs and 353 lbs) the day started with terrific lifts. The USA seemed to finally be holding its own […]
The Chinese Taipei University Sport Federation received the right from FISU to host the 2nd World University Weightlifting Championships in Taichung city. The dates of the 2nd WUC have been set for 1st to 5th July 2010.
The day started out with some great competition in the women’s 69 kg Group A, as competing were two 4th place finishers from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Leidy Yessenia Solis Arboleda from Colombia in the 69 kg weight class and Christine Girard from Canada in the 63 kg weight class. Girard has now […]