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Life ban lifted

Further to our news release on the 18th June 2007, please see the link below on the life ban lifted of coach Mr. Sevdalin Marinov by the Court of Arbitration for Sport Appeals Division. http://www.awf.com.au/resources/docs/Marinov-271007.pdf

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Olympic Technical Officials to be nominated

These days, the IWF is mailing the letters and the Nomination Forms to its affiliated member-federations inviting them to propose Technical Officials for selection to the Beijing 2008 Olympic competitions. The nominations will have to arrive at the IWF before 15 December 2007. The selection will be done by the Executive Board in March 2008. […]

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IWF names events counting into Olympic Qualification

In accordance with the Olympic Qualification Regulation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in addition to the 2 World and 5 Continental Qualification Events, individual results achieved at the following competitions will be taken into consideration for the Olympic Qualification ranking lists: IWF World Cup – 26 November – 1 December 2007, in Apia, Samoa Olympic Test […]

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Complete the Global Survey Questionnaire to get support from IWF

In 2005 and 2006 the IWF circulated a Questionnaire called IWF Global Survey for National Federations, in order to collect various statistical data about weightlifting activities in its member countries. Unfortunately, only 69 National Federations have returned the Questionnaires duly filled in. We are herewith repeating the publication of the Questionnaire and invite all National […]

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2007 RWWC Team Classification

The team classifications of the 2007 Royal Weightlifting  World Championships, ChiangMai, Thailand are available here: Men’s Team Classification Women’s Team Classification

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