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London 2012

Status The Weightlifting competition venue will be located in ExCeL which is the Games’ largest competition venue. It has 60,000 square metres of exhibition space and will be divided into five arenas. The enormous amount of space available allows the flexibility to create a bespoke arena for Weightlifting and provides all the necessary back of […]

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Day one in Chicago

It was the first day of competition for the Pan-American/Ibero-American Weightlifting Championships and U.S. National Championships, and competition there was.  The day started out strong, as because of technical problems, one of the top women weightlifters in the 48 kg class was competing in the B group, which started out the tournament along with Group […]

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Independent WFZ

ZIMBABWE National Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Association has split to form the Weightlifting Federation of Zimbabwe and the Bodybuilding Association to serve the different needs of Weightlifters and Bodybuilders. Former ZNBBWA president George Takundwa Nyawo is now the president of WFZ while Kays Rushika was named the Bodybuilding president. In a press statement released by WFZ, […]

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Weightlifting officials laud Chicago for event organization

So far, the visitors are impressed with the way Chicago is handling the Pan American Weighlifting Championships.“I’m very pleased,” Luis Zambrano, president of the Ecuador Weightlifting Federation and treasurer of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation, said Thursday. “We believed Chicago had the capacity to organize this event very well, and what we are seeing is […]

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IWF Technology applied at Pan-Am: Live Results on this website!

At the combined Pan-American, US National and Ibero-American Championships starting today in Chicago, USA, the application of the IWF TIS (Technology and Information System) will enable real time scoreboard display of all the competitions.Follow the progress of contests between 267 lifters from 21 countries by clicking on the Live Results    

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