The IWF has sent to the National Federations a Call for TOs inviting them to propose Technical officials to the 2007 University Weightlifting World Cup, which will be held in Lima, Peru, 8-12 August. Nominations may be made by returning the NominationForm to the IWF before 31 May 2007.
Since 1989 Dr. Tamás Aján has been a Member – later on Vice President – of the leadership of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF/AGFIS). The organisation, now comprising exactly 100 international sports-governing bodies and thus one of the most prestigious in the world of sport, held its annual General Assembly in Beijing […]
USA Weightlifting is organizing the 2007 National Weightlifting Championships in Chicago, this weekend May 11-13. Through the effort of the organizing committee USA Weightlifting secured a free live internet feed signal. This will offer the opportunity for many people around the world to watch weightlifting via internet video distribution. Anybody interested to watch the competition, […]
It is great news for weightlifting sent by Paul Coffa, OWF General Secretary from Samoa.The Uesaka Email International Club Tournament has just concluded and it has certainly set new records. 1050 lifters from 128 clubs world wide entered the tournament. Organizers were delighted to see that clubs from each of the five continents took part. You […]
China launched many of its Olympic and world champions at the Asian Championships held in Tai’an City, Shendong Province, and retained the bulk of honours at the event. In fact, in each of the seven women’s categories there was a Chinese winner. Chen Xiexia (48kg), Li Ping (53kg) and Qiu Hongmei (58kg) set up new […]