Happy Birthday
The International Weightlifting Family wishes Mr. Gottfried SCHÖDL, Honorary President of the IWF good health and all the best on the occasion of his 84th Birthday!
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Weightlifting Technical Delegates in Beijing for last pre-Games check-up
Weightlifting’s Technical Delegates to the 2008 Beijing Games, Mr. Sam COFFA and Mr. Attila ÁDÁMFI both confirmed that preparations for the Olympic competitions are already in close-to-perfect status. During their visit, they had fruitful meetings with the Organising Committee, including Mrs. WANG Yan, Weightlifting Competition Manager.
Defending champion Mutlu out of Beijing
Turkish Olympic weightlifting champion Halail Mutlu has announced his withdrawal from the Beijing Games. Defending Champion Halil Mutlu’s aim of becoming the first weightlifter to win four gold medals has ended. The three times Olympic Champion (1996, 2000, 2004) Mutlu, who will turn 35 before the Games begin, had said two weeks ago he was […]
Bulgarian lifters withdrawal
Following the positive A sample analysis report of eleven Bulgarian weightlifters according to the IWF Anti Doping Code all eleven lifters received provisional suspension on the 19th June 2008.In accordance with the IWF to demonstrate the serious determination of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and the Weightlifting Federation of their fight against doping decided to withdraw […]
IWF to revise its Olympic quota withdrawal decision
At its recent meeting in Cali, Colombia, the IWF Executive Board put under revision its earlier decision of 11 March 2008, according to which Olympic qualification quota should be withdrawn from countries producing positive doping results between 1 January and August of 2008. That particular measure was intended to underline the IWF’s extremely strong and […]