The 2008 African Championships, held as the Continental Qualification event in Strand, South Africa, finished with the overwhelming success of Nigeria – both among the men and the women. In addition to Nigeria, another four nations were able to qualify lifters to the Beijing 2008 Games: Libya, Cameroon, Tunisia and Egypt.To access the Olympic Qualification team […]
The last one in the line of the Continental Olympic Qualification events, the African Championships have started in Strand, South Africa with the participation of 140 competitors from 15 countries. RESULTS are published day by day.
National Federations are invited to send their delegates to the 2008 IWF General Congress, to be held in Cali, Colombia, prior to the Junior World Championships, on 14th June 2008. This will be the last official gathering of the affiliated federations before the Olympic Games and the Electoral Congress. The letter of INVITATION, the AGENDA […]
www.iwf.net has interviewed the General Secretary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation, Ali Moradi, who spoke about the changing face of this continent’s weightlifting and the challenges of the 21st Century. Read the INTERVIEW
At the 39th Men’s Asian Championships in Kanazawa City, Japan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan could best use the Continental Qualification opportunity, because they earned two slots each to the 2008 Beijing Games. In the competitions, China was the most outstanding nation and the +105kg ended with an Iranian gold-silver finish, but both of these Asian nations […]