In the men’s 69kg at the Prague Junior Worlds the Chinese deployed double crew with Zheng Zhisheng and Tang Fei, who shared most of the gold and silver medals in a brotherly way. Arayik Mirzoyan of Armenia could clinch one silver and two bronze medals, while one bronze was left to Gert Trasha of Albania [...]

In the women’s 58kg, Li Xueying finally played what we call the "Chinese Game". In a standalone contest with the barbell, in six good and effortless lifts she defeated the runner up Thai, Chapok Natthaneeya and bronze-medallist Korean Yura Mun by round 20 kilos.   In contrast, the following two categories surprised with sweeping Colombian victories. Mercedes [...]

After the disappointments of the first day, the Chinese weightlifters delivered as expected in the next two bodyweight categories of the Junior World Championships. In the women`s 53kg category they captured 2 gold medals, later on in the men`s 62kg two Chinese entries collected 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. It was a [...]

A surprise start at the 2007 Men`s and Women`s Junior Worlds. It used to be a "rule" that in the lightest categories for both men and women China would collect six gold medals. In Prague, however, Chinese weightlifters won only one gold medal. Nevertheless, some surprise results were born on the platform in exciting battles. [...]

On Sunday, 10th June 2007, the Junior World Championships started in Prague. There is a large field in the entries – among the women 33 countries are represented by 110 competitors. The male field is composed by 196 athletes are coming from 52 nations. Three of these data mark new participation records. In the women, [...]

Milan Mihajlovic, son of the late Vladan Mihajlovic took over the Weightlifting Hall of Fame membership diploma and award for his father. Elected as a member for 1997, the year he died, Vladan Mihajlovic from Yougoslavia, General Secretary of the EWF wrote his name with golden letters into the book of weightlifting and was remembered [...]

The IWF Committees and Executive Board concluded their meetings in Prague, with focus on the study of the modification of rules to be elaborated for the next edition of the Handbook 2009-2012. The General Congress with delegates from 57 countries is ongoing with reports on the preparation of future world events.  

Visiting the Peruvian capital, the IWF representatives, Mr. Attila Ádámfi and Ms. Gabriella Bárány co-ordinated the preparations to the 10th Weightlifting University World Cup with the host Federation, the Peruvian NOC and University Sport Organisation. Competitions will run on 9-12 August 2007 – in the history of the World Cup since 1998 for the first [...]

"Now, 5 years before the Games, 69% of the venues are already existing or just need  to be upgraded for the Games. Weightlifting will be centrally located and held in a beautiful venue." Ms. Deborah (Debbie) Jevans, Sports Director of the London 2012 Olympic Games, said, during her short visit to Budapest, following the invitation [...]

In February 2006, an agreement was concluded in Egypt between the Governor of Suez, Mr. Gamil Hanna, President of the Weightlifting Federation of Africa and Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President on the project of a weightlifting training centre. In a matter of just over a year, the new International-African Training Centre was now officially inaugurated [...]

As in Strasbourg, the official supplier of the IWF Referee Uniforms, Creation VARGAS will be present in Prague for the Junior World Championships and assist the officials present in measurement-taking and ordering. The Company further announced: Those who order and pay for their uniforms before 18 May 2007 can get the garnments delivered in Prague. For [...]

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.