Via olympic.org comes this news: “Reduction of one men’s weight category” Which they don’t say yet. “Reduction of 64 athletes and reach gender balance”. This PDF says: “Seven weight categories to be confirmed” for men. For women it lists the old ones, i.e. before the 90 and 90+ were introduced. Thanks to everybody who sent […]
IWF Election Results: Tamas Ajan Remains President
Quick Update from the IWF elections in Bangkok. Results so far: President: Dr. Tamas Ajan (HUN) got 86 votes vs. 61 for Antonio Urso General Secretary: Mohammed Jaloud (IRQ) 1st Vice President: Intarat Maj. Gen. Yodbangtoey (THA) Woman Vice President: Ursula Papandrea (USA) Vice Presidents: Nicu Vlad (ROU), Jose Carlos Quinones (PER), Zhanat Tusspbekov (KAZ), […]
Weightlifting News: Some Updates from Russia
Quick weightlifting news update. The Russian Weightlifting Federation (FTAR) held an executive committee meeting which resulted in some interesting changes. Maxim Agapitov (who took over president of Russian weightlifting in November) plans to run for the position first vice-president of the International Weightlifting Federation at the upcoming IWF elections in May. (via) They also discussed […]
IWF Executive Board Meeting Notes 2016
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) finally released the “minutes” (official notes from executive committee & board meetings) from the last three quarters of 2016. These notes give an insight into what and also how issues are discussed inside the IWF. Below are notes of interest from the data dump, not including new rulings which have been covered […]
Kianoush Rostami No Longer Part of Iranian National Team
Meanwhile in Iran … So the rumors turned out to be true on this one. Head coach Sajjad Anoushiravani announced that Kianoush Rostami is no longer part of the national team. (via and via) Reason: Not taking part in training camps. He has been self coached since the time before Rio. So obviously getting into competition shape […]
What does Trump’s Ban of 7 Muslim Countries mean for Weightlifting?
Meanwhile in the US … You probably heard about Donald Trump’s executive order to close US borders to 7 Muslim-majority countries (via). Affected Countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Somalia. The executive order bans citizens of of these countries entering the United States for at least the next 90 days, and bans refugees from Syria indefinitely. With […]
11 Bulgarian Weightlifters Test Positive *Update 500000 USD Fine Dropped by CAS*
(Original Post from March 2015. See Updates.) Here we go again … Reuters reports that 11 Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive two weeks ago during a training camp for the 2015 Europeans. Same deal as in 2008, when 11 Bulgarians tested positive for methandienone (Dianabol). Update 28.01.2017: After initially ruling that Bulgaria doesn’t have to pay the 500000 […]
Weightlifting News: Antonio Urso wants to change Olympic qualification away from team to individual quotas
Meanwhile in Russia … European weightlifting federation president Antonio Urso (Italy) is currently on a visit in Russia where he took part in a press conference titled “Weightlifting: problems and solutions”. Also taking part were president of the Russian WL federation Maxim Agapitov and the new head coaches Nikolai Kolesnikov and Pavel Kuznetsov. Urso announced […]
Weightlifting News: New Head Coaches in Russia
Meanwhile in Russia … After electing a new president (Maxim Agapitov) last month, today the Russian weightlifting executive committee appointed their new head coaches. The men’s team will be lead by 1988 Olympic champion (100kg) Pavel Kuznetsov. On the women’s side we have 1976 Olympic champion (60kg) Nikolai Kolesnikov, who previously was the head coach […]
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