OWF and Commonwealth Federation General Secretary Paul Coffa reports: Samoa weightlifting sensation, Ele Opeloge set a new Commonwealth record in the clean & jerk with a lift of 141kg on Friday 13th April, during the Apia Cup International Tournament. She also set a new Oceania snatch record with 107kg and a new Oceania total record of 248kg. All of […]
With consideration to other major events like the Junior Worlds or the Pan American Games, new dates have been fixed jointly by the host Peruvian and the International Federations for the 10th Weightlifting University World Cup. The 2007 edition of the University World Cup will be held, as planned, in Lima, Peru, but the dates […]
On 26 March 2007, IOC Vice President received IOC Member and IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The German National Olympic Committee and Sport Federation were recently united into a new organisation called "Deutscher Olympischer SportBund" (DOSB) and Dr. Thomas Bach became its President. IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján visited the […]
Exercising its right as per the IWF By-Laws, the IWF Executive Board has designated the barbells that will be used in the weightlifting competitions of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In the selection process, the following factors were carefully and extensively taken into consideration: – The Guidelines and Regulations of the IOC concerning the selection […]
The IWF Committees and Executive Board will deal with the proposals for updating the IWF Constitution, Technical Rules and By-Laws, as the first instant, at their next meetings in Prague, this June. To this end, National Federations and international officials can still send their suggestions to the IWF Secretariat. The deadline is 6 April 2007.