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Revised World Anti-Doping Code

We are pleased to announce that the revised World Anti-Doping Code (Code), unanimously approved by the WADA Foundation Board on November 17, 2007, and effective as of January 1, 2009, is now available for downloading and printing at: http://www.wada-ama.org/en/dynamic.ch2?pageCategory.id=735

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Free of charge visa for all participants of the 2008 JWWC

We are pleased to inform you that the Organizing Committe of the 2008 JWWC Cali, Colombia is offering the visa free of charge for all the participants of the event. Download the list of countries that require visa to Colombia Download the list of diplomatic representations of Colombia In case you intend to participate, please […]

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Olympic Weightlifting Results and Information Services approved

After the successful Test Event in January, the Homologation Test (full scale test) of Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) was carried out last week in Beijing. Mr. Róbert Nagy, Technology Director and Mr. Attila Ádámfi, Technical Delegate tested the application on behalf of the IWF according to the ORIS and IWF requirements and as previously […]

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World Weightlifting’s new issue is published

The World Weightlifting 2007/4 magazine introduces the best lifters of 2007: Jang Mi-Ran (KOR) and Andrei Rybakou (BLR). This issue focuses on Halil Mutlu targeting to be the first four times Olympic gold medal winner of our sport. You can read an interesting story on Marcus Stephen who represented Nauru as a lifter before and […]

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China’s medal expectations at the Beijing Olympics

China doesn’t expect to win the largest number of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics this summer, a senior sports official said here on Wednesday. In several ways, China lags countries such as the United States and Russia, said Cui Dalin, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sport. "It’s the responsibility of Chinese […]

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