The junior athletes taking part in the first competition of the Busan Junior World Championships, the 56kg category very well exploited the possibilities provided by the new 1-kilo rule in force since 1st May 2005. At what was the first major test of the new choice for the weight of the barbell, the participants quickly […]
Prior to the start of the Junior World Championships in Busan, Korea, the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation met and took several important decisions. Among those, it appointed the Chairmen of the IWF Committees:Chairman of the IWF Technical Committee: Sam COFFA, AUS, the 1st Vice President of the IWF,Chairman of the IWF Medical […]
The second hundred years of the IWF will begin with a historic change in the sport of weightlifting. The progression of the weight of the barbell by 2.5-kg increments in competition, and by 0.5-kg increments for the records will be replaced by the new and universal standard of 1-kilo multiples, starting with 1st May 2005. […]
It is with deep sorrow that we have to inform the World Weightlifting Family that our dear colleague and friend, an IWF Executive member since 1984, Ing. Jaromir Vitek (Czech Republic) passed away at the age of 71 years. A truly honest man with a great devotion to the sport of weightlifting, of which he […]
Right on the next day following the elections, the IWF’s new Executive Board held its first meeting in Istanbul. The Board decided about the reallocation of the 2006 World Championships, after having studied 3 very strong candidatures: Azerbaijan, Dominica and Peru. Finally, the Dominican Republic’s Weightlifting Federation was selected to carry out the World Championships […]