World Weightlifting‘s voting for the Best Lifters of 2008 has been closed. With over half-a-thousand votes cast on this website, the first ever online voting process proved to be a great success. This number unfortunately includes quite a few invalid ballots, but still hundreds of people expressed their preference for the stars of the 2008 […]
To date hundreds of votes have been registered for World Weightlifting Best Lifter of 2008 election. With respect to the magazine’s stop press date the deadline is extended to 15 January 2008. Cast your vote online: Best Lifter Voting
Germany’s superheavyweight Olympic Champion Matthias Steiner was elected Sportsman of the Year 2008 in his country. Never before had a weightlifter become the best sportsman of the year in Germany. Steiner’s almost ‘superhuman’ effort and great sportsmanship in Beijing was recognised by this honour.It may well be that prominent weightlifters became Sportsmen or Sportswomen of […]
The IWF will organise the 1st ever World Championships for the Youth (aged 13-17 years) in 2009. According to the decision of the IWF Executive Board, the 1st Youth World Championships will take place in ChiangMai, Thailand, 19-24 May 2009.The competition venue and the hotel will be the same as for the 2007 Royal World […]
The IWF’s official magazine “World Weightlifting” has launched its voting for the Best Lifters of 2008. For the first time, you can vote online using the link: Best Lifter Voting