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TESTED COUNTRIES 2006

IWF/WADA COUNTINOUS THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING AND HAVE TESTED (IC/OOC) THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS: ALB ALG ARM BAN BLR BUL CUB CZE EGY ESP GBR GRE HUN IND KEN MDA PAK POL ROM RSA RUS SAM SVK TUN UKR VEN

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World Championships candidatures deadline prolonged

Applications to host ? The 2009 Junior World Championships or the ? 2009 World Championships can still be submitted to the IWF before 30th April, along with the deposit of the relevant fee as per the Rules. The IWF Executive Board meeting on 26th May 2006 in Hangzhou, China, is going to make the allocation […]

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Mundial 2006 preparations show good progress

Both the IWF and the Dominican Weightlifting Federation devote special attention to every detail in the preparation of the 2006 World Championships in Santo Domingo, which will be the first major event in the 2008 Olympic Qualification process. IWF inspectors from the Budapest headquarters recently paid a visit to the Dominican Republic and met Mr. […]

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Melbourne Commonwealth Games end with great success in weightlifting

The IWF Technical Delegate to the Games, Dr. Tamás Aján President returned from Melbourne with throughout favourable impressions on the 2006 Games’ weightlifting events. He commented that these were “the finest weightlifting events ever held in the history of the Games, for which the hosts – notably Sam Coffa, IWF 1st Vice President and President […]

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