Three-time Olympian Cheryl Haworth is off to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Olympic bronze medallist (2000) Savannah weightlifter starts training for the 2012 Olympics in London. During an announcement Haworth also donated the uniform she wore at the 2008 Beijing Games during the Opening Ceremonies. She suprised SCAD president […]
127 lifters took part in this very successful first ever Pacific Islands Cup Email Tournament. There was some outstanding performances with Ele Opeloge from Samoa in the 75+kg category totaling 265kg and winning the best female lifter. Whilst in the men division, the best lifter went to Yukio Peter from Nauru with a total of […]
Finnish Championships 23 women and 51 men participated in the National Finnish Championships in Tampere. The nominees for the European Championships 2009 in Bucharest demonstrated good form.Heidi Harju achieved the highest women’s result with 226.21 points ahead of Anna Everi with 219.34 points and Jenni Puputti with 210.37 points. The best male lifter was Antti […]
Compiled from the major international events’ results on the IWF 2008 Calendar, the Annual World Ranking Lists for Men and Women are now available on this website.
At the Eleiko Women Grand Prix 2009 from 21 – 24 May in Lochen, Upper Austria there will be a strong competition with more than 11 nations.Egypt starts with an excellent team. Enga El Sayed Mahmoud 48kg Shimaa Gamal Maged 53 kg Rawia Hassan Shaban 58 kg Shimaa Mohamed Mohamed 63 kg Esmat Mansour El […]