Oksen Mirzoyan (Seoul Olympic champion) leads his son to be No1 in Europe
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Interview with Dr. Tamás Aján
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Taylan returns to form
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Mr. Chang Chao Kuo, A moment of touch
- What was your personal motivation to candidate as Vice President? How did you react on the final result of voting? - I think it was time for me to serve our sport on the highest possible level. Regarding the voting result, on the one hand, I felt delighted that recognition was assured by many of the delegates. On the other hand, I felt the more votes I got, the heavier loads tie on my shoulder.
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Mr. Khaled Mhalhel, New President of WFA promises great steps ahead
- What positions have you had as an official previously?
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"I am totally clean" said Yudelkis Contreras
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Interview with On. Mario PESCANTE Italian Governement Delegate Commissioner (Mediterranean Games) |
Lena Berntsson: from the track to the weights
Athletics was your first passion and you started competing aged nine. When did you first discover you were fast? Where did you get your sporting talent from, mother or father?
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An engine of zone three
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PART OF SPEECH GIVEN BY Mr. Hein Verbruggen, President GAISF & Chairman of SportAccord AT 72ND AIPS CONGRESS IN MILAN
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Ruth Kasirye - Strong hope for World Championships medal - As an introduction would you say some words about the special features of your life story.
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Sergey Bubka,
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Dr. Jacques Rogge,
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A world record: 60 years in service to weightlifting
When did you meet the world of weights for the first time?
To improve my body I started training with weights in 1949. I joined a weightlifting club in my town, Strand, near Cape Town in 1951 and was taught the three Olympic lifts, namely press, snatch and clean & jerk. My age was 19 years. I also played rugby for my local town, but got hooked on weightlifting and this became my sport. |
What motivated you, as President of a highly successful Federation, in fact of the National Federation with the largest membership in the world, to take the field for the IWF General Secretary's position? Well, I was a weightlifter myself and I have a deep emotional bond to the past, the present and the future of this sport. I believe that the IWF has accumulated immense professional knowledge and experience and has done extremely lot for the success and the development of the sport. I felt a kind of moral obligation to assess my own weight with the objective - in the case of success - to be able to support the world of weightlifting as closely as possible, including, of course, Chinese weightlifting. Now, time has come to realize this goal and I want to thank in my own name and on behalf of the Chinese Weightlifting Association for the confidence of the members at the Madrid Congress to become the General Secretary of the IWF. Chinese weightlifting is spreading and I hope that my country can increasingly promote the sport and help it getting stronger in other parts of the world as well. |
The speaker's corner
What happened in Bucharest? Everything good except world records! Seen through the eyes of the person with the best seat in the house, the 35th men's and 15th woman's Junior Worlds Championships held from June 12 to 22 in Bucharest, Romania, fulfilled the expectations of a superb sports event. As the delegations arrived
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Viktors Scerbatihs (Latvia):
- A year after the Olympics what are your thoughts on your result and placing? VS: Result in snatch (206kg)was satisfactory but clean and jerk (242kg) was a disappointment. Winning the bronze medal was OK but I had my sight for the gold medal. - How did your life change after the Games? VS: I work in the Latvian Parliament as an elected official in the Sports Department four days a week. After work I have time only for one training session. During the weekends I accomplish my heaviest trainings. Interview: Karoliina Lundahl
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Matthias Steiner:
Olympic Champion Matthias Steiner elected Weightlifter of the Year Due to an operation of the loin at the end of January, Matthias Steiner could not actively influence the Bundesliga finals as a member of the Club Chemnitzer AC. Yet the spectators celebrated the Olympic champion just as euphorically when he received the recognitions of his election to Best Lifter of 2008 and Best of Europe. Steiner supported his pals behind the stage and gave them tips. In addition, he was patiently handing out autographs and smiled into cameras. Martina Martin asked the 26-year old champion: Athletik: Congratulations on the further recognitions. What did these mean to you? |
Raymond Williams :
- Our sport struggles against more popular sports in Wales for example, Soccer, Rugby, Cricket and many more- Raymond Williams said.This leads to very little financial support from Central Government. Our club is "The Holyhead Weightlifting Club". It has over fifty members from novice up to international standard. We have had many great Athletes from Wales, David Morgan and Michaela Breeze are two World Class performers in our sport and t is hoped that we will have more in the future. Two athletes from our club are currently in the Development Squad for the 2012 London Olympics and I am hopeful that they will achieve their Goals. Williams explains the secrets of their success, "Rob Wrench, my old PE teacher cast his net far and wide and found me. Looking at the history of the sport, in every decade there has been high achievement in this area, with Holyhead High School acting as a feeder for our talent." He has high hopes for the future and is confident that Holyhead will continue to be a powerhouse in world weightlifting for years to come.
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Paul Coffa:
-What were to main steps towards the institute? The Oceania Weightlifting Institute was established in Fiji in 2002 - Paul Coffa answers. The Oceania National Olympic Committee through Olympic Solidarity supported the athletes training at the Institute in preparation for the Athens Olympics and other international regional events. Many top lifters moved to the Oceania Weightlifting Institute in Sigatoka , Fiji . They were full time athletes. Consequently the result was successful. In 2004 within two years our results at regional level were very successful an we placed very well at the Olympics. A year later we had a silver medal at 2005 World championships in Qatar and we repeated another silver medal in Santo Domingo in 2006. We shifted the institute to Samoa and the place in Samoa was brilliant. There we had even more success as we had two major international events. One was the Pacific Rim International tournament in 2006 and then in 2007 we had the World Cup . I think we did our job very well as we promoted weightlifting. In 2007 I was approached by the New Caledonia Territorial Olympic Committee, the Government of New Caledonia , the Minister for Sport and Ronald Frere, President of New Caledonia weightlifting, to consider relocating the Institute to New Caledonia . |
Belgian Tom Goegebuer, European Champion 2009 was born in Ghent, 27th of March 1975, the year that Serge Reding, the most successful Belgian lifter died. Tom Goegebuer,
What do you consider as your biggest achievement in your career? "That is a difficult question. Of course my European title and my participation in the Olympics will stay unforgettable great memory, but maybe my biggest achievement is to have been on an international level for so many years.My European title 2009 was also my 11th consecutive participation in the senior European championships." How is it to have your father coaching you? "My father has always been next to me in my career, so he really knows me very well and I have 100% faith in his coaching decisions and that is very important. The disadvantage is that a father is usually very protective and not willing to take much risks, but I guess it is also the reason that I have been relatively free from injuries." "I had been a weightlifter at national level for years, so Tom has always been in contact with weightlifting. Even as a young kid Tom wanted to try weightlifting himself. But besides some playing with an empty broomstick I wanted him to wait with serious weight training till he got a bit older. |
Matthias Steiner:
I'm on a good path  Photo by Daniel Scharinger Last week end it was Steiner's first appearance in Austria after nearly four years. The Austrians have forgiven him to change for German citizenship. The"Sportsman of the Year", with his girlfriend, N24-presenter Inge Posmyk, expect their first child during next spring.
- Have you reckoned with the warm reception in your native country? Steiner: I was a bit nervous, but the great thing about Austria is people have forgiven me, that's great. I think people understand now why I left. The move was correct, but it's also nice to be here again - especially because of the delicious food that I miss most of the time. - Has the feeling of happiness, soon to become a father also motivated you during competition? Steiner: Private happiness, is certainly not a disadvantage in sport - on the contrary. I am a family man and now simply very happy. - Do you know whether you have a girl or a boy? And when is your wedding planned? Steiner: The most important thing is that our child is born healthy. We ourselves do not know the gender of our baby yet. Sorry, there is no wedding date yet. - Coach Frank Mantek was pleased with your performance. Do you agree with him?
Steiner: I am very satisfied. I was not quite fit in the last week of training, so I was surprised that it went so well. The plan was to lift 190 kg and 235 kg. I have met these requirements. It was very important I had six succesful attempts. So I completely follow my schedule for the World Championships. |
Kuoppala Taisto 60  Born on 25th September 1949. Teacher of PE, speaks five languages. He is the Vice President of the Finnish Weightlifting Federation. EWF Committee member. First elected to the IWF SRC in 2005, now his funtion was prolonged for another term. One of themost reliable and experienced technical experts. He is an often empolyed lecturer at courses all over the world, mainly in Africa. - How did you start your sports career? - How did you start your international career? - My two terms in development were; first 1988-1992 and the other 1998-2001. Both assignments were in Tanzania as a Project Director in Finnish Governement funded NGO projects. First by name "Sports for All" and the other "Marangu Trail Improvement Project in Kilimanjaro National Park".During these years I was mostly absent from weightlifting. All the other years I have worked for Finnish Weightlifting Federation member of various commmittees, board member, vice president and so on. Additionally I have been a lecturer in many IOC Olympic Solidarity weightlifting courses all over the world. As a TO I have worked in many international events since 1981. |
Alexandr Dudoglo: I meet Alexandr Dudoglo, 20 years old weightlifter, one of the best Moldovan sportsmen, in a weightlifting hall in a specialized sport school situated in quiet place near a park. But in the hall, as well as in director's office, there was a strong smell. No, not of autumn flowers, grass and yellow leafs, but of fresh paint. In the hall the reparation continues. - How Alexandr and other lifters can train among such conditions? Do you feel discomfort? - We are already used to that. The main problem is that in this school there is only one grip Eleiko the other parts of the weight are rather different from the modern weights used at the international championships. All the weights in our school are older that I am and were manufactured in the former USSR . - As I know in Chisinau (capital of Moldova ) there is another weightlifting hall, the only hall in Moldova equipped with 3 Eleiko barbels. Why are you not preparing for the upcoming world championship in Korea there? - I have 2 trainings every day. I get here to my native sport school from my home within 30-40 minutes by walk, it takes one hour or more by public transport to get to the other hall and it also depends on traffic. This year I became a student of the National University of Physical culture and Sports, so I have absolutely no time for 2 more additional hours for the trip to the trainings.... more... |
Parviz Jalayer 70 years old Parviz Jalayer was born in Rey in 1939 and started the sport of weightlifting professionally in Niroo sports club in 1957 . In 1963 he had a chance to be the member of the national team of Iran. Since then he has been an Iranian national team member for 6 years and in 1970 he finished weightlifting and started his career as a coach . He has a high school diploma , married with two children. |
Tudor Casapu
Interview with Tudor Casapu, President Weightlifting Federation of Moldova, 1992 Olympic champion, Colonel of the police -Situation in weightlifting today is very hard, as currently in all sports in Moldova. Unfortunately Republic of Moldova belongs to one of the poorest countries in Europe where sport financing is short. The global financial and economic crisis of the last year did not make our situation easier.
There are old traditions in weightlifting in Moldova. Our athletes won lot of titles during the last 20 years. Every year new young lifters emerge, some of them develop quickly, but it is sad to conclude, that we can't cover normal conditions for them in training and in life and finally we loose them. Federation where enthusiasts of weightlifting work tries to do all the best, but. This year we managed to open two specialized sport halls in Rautel (native village of the world champion Vadim Vacarciuc) and Singerei, but we could equip them only with two old set of barbells. Can you imagine how long 40-50 boys and girls must wait in row for a single attempt?.... |
Mr. Ma: Young Chinese women outshine at National Games
Young potential women emerged to threat veterans at the 11th Chinese National Games, and were regarded as new blood for the national teams in preparation for the London Olympic. Mr. Ma witnessed teenagers beating world champions to win gold medals in two out of seven divisions and some young lifters collected silvers and bronzes. "I am very happy to see powerful young lifters here and they are full of ambition and energy. They're the future of Chinese women's weightlifting," said Ma. In women's 58kg division, 19-year-old Li Xueying clinched gold medal from the world champion Qiu Hongmei with a world record equalizing result of 251kg. Rookie Guan Xinlei overcame world champion Ouyang Xiaofang with a total of 265kg, eight kilos more than the world record set by her compatriot Liu Haixia in the 2007 Worlds. |
Ma Wenguang:
The National Games was a good start of Chinese preparation for the London Olympics Unsatisfied with four gold and a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese men's weightlifting team had an eye on competing in more categories to clinch more medals in the 2012 Olympics. Chen Wenbin, head coach in the men's national team, told the press Monday that China was going to take part in the men's 94kg division in the London Olympics. "If any of our lifters in the 94kg division can hoist over 400kgin total, we will send him to the London Olympics," said Chen. |
Expectation of AWF President Sheikh Sultan Bin Mejren pertaining to the upcoming World Weightlifting Championship.
- As the host, the President of Asian Weightlifting Federation what do you expect of the Goyang world meet? - It is highly expected that the organization of the WWC will be exceptionally remarkable taking into account their hosting preparation last year during the Asian Interclub Weightlifting Championship which over reached the international standard of hosting and displaying a very high level of competition while sharing a great korean hospitality to all the participants and delegates. And, personally I am very glad that the WWC is held in Asian country which will surely uphold and further develop a closer relationship between Asia and other continental federations around the globe. Surely the event will showcase a great number of participants vying for their flag and country which will demonstrate once again our sport weightlifting as one of the best and overwhelming individual sport in the olympic world. |
Chang Chao Kuo,
Q: As first vice President of IWF what extra possibilities do you have to develop weightlifting in Asia? A: We are working on that if each country in both sexes can only entry maximum 4 classes in Asian Games that would create chances for every participating country. Therefore, further promotion and harmonious development of Asian weightlifting would be the result. Q: What results can you show up since you had been elected as first vice president of IWF? A: I assist in providing equipments for the Oceania weightlifting championships which will be held in Nauru in 2010. |
Welcome words by Mayor of Goyang city,
Dear Dr. Tamas Aján, President of IWF, It's pleasure to greet many guests for us who have prepared for the festival. |
Winning quartet of Indonesia With the field featuring Olympic silver medalist, Jadi Setiadi looked pushed to go for silver, but the Indonesian lifter beat the odds to win his SEA Games third gold medal in Laos. Chest-bared Jadi dropped on his knees as the Olympic silver medalist Anh Tuan Hoang of Vietnam failed his third attempt to lift the 152-kilogram weight in the clean and jerk in the final of the men's 56-kg division. The elation brought Jadi up to the stage to celebrate victory while Hoang, whose failure meant he was deprived of a podium spot, laid flat in sheer dejection. "I dedicate this win as a present for my one-year-old son Kevin Anugrah Wijaya, who celebrates his birthday on December 12," said Jadi, who returned to the lifting scene after five years of absence. He was struggling to hold back tears when 'Indonesia Raya' was played and the red-and-white flag was hoisted at the Pornsawan Gymnasium in Vientiane. |
"From the Speaker's Corner" THE STRONGEST COUNTRY IN WEIGHTLIFTING Introduction This title might seem strange. There is no such thing as a "strong" country. But considering the demonstration from Goyang City, Korea during the 77th edition for men and 20th edition for women's World Weightlifting Championships, everything there was big and strong. The organization was superb using the KINTEX Convention Centre as the venue, not only for the ten day athletic competition, but also the opening and closing ceremonies were located in ample halls where hundreds of guests enjoyed a fabulous reception. |
Focus Questions to Olympic Champion Matthias Steiner . What do you like on yourself the best? My fast way of thinking. . Which political project would you like to make hurry? The simplification of the tax system. . What is motivating you? The endless will of winning. . Who would you give an order, and why? I would give it to my partner in life Inge Posmyk, because she brought back laughing to my life (Inge Posmyk is a journalist for German based N24, SAT1 and Kabel1 TV. She studied in the United States before embarking on her news career. They met when Posmyk interviewed Matthias for one of her broadcasts profiling his story, which captured much of the world at the time of the summer Olympic Games. Their first child will born in March 2010). |
Louis Martin M.B.E: .Like the proverbial Phoenix Louis Martin has re-emerged into the world of Weightlifting once again. The sport which he dominated for almost three decades has honoured him in 2009 by electing him President of the Btitish Weightlifters' Association (BWLA). Louis Martin is hailed as one of Britain's most successful Weightlifters of all time. It is 50 years to the day since Louis won his first World and European title in Warsaw, Poland in 1959. Louis said "I feel highly honoured and it will be a privilege to serve the sport that I have loved and enjoyed for so many years. I will be eternally grateful and will do all I can to help restore British Weightlifting to its former glory. British Weightlifting was once the envy of the rest of the world." We interviewed Louis at his home in Heanor near Derby and asked him a few questions (thanks for the help of Dr. Chris Freebury, Director BWLA). |
World Champion Nazik Avdalyan (69 kg) brought Armenia's weightlifting a memorable gold at World Championships in South Korea. The 23-year-old Gyumri native became independent Armenia's first world champion in weightlifting and tenth overall. This rare achievement brought Avdalyan the Best Athlete of the Year title. The young woman's face in the mirror is radiant with joy. A lipstick, face powder. she carefully fixes her already dressed hair and asks, "This way it is beautiful, isn't it?"
The photo camera catches her charming and victorious smile, her proud glance, her inflexible will-power clearly visible in her eyes.
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Eko eyes country's first weightlifting gold After successfully guiding weightlifter Eko Yuli Irawan to gold at the recent SEA Games in Laos, coach Lukman is setting his sights on the same target at the upcoming Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Indonesian lifters' best achievement in the quadrennial Asian Games has been silver, won by Erwin Abdullah in Pusan, South Korea, eight years ago. Erwin was also a protégé of Lukman's, himself a former national lifter before he took up coaching in 1997. "Eko has great potential to win gold at the Asian Games. At last year's World Championships, he won silver behind the champion from China, but his lift was only a kilogram less than the winner's." Eko, 21, won silver in the men's 62-kilogram event at the 2009 World Championships in Goyang, South Korea, with an overall lift of 315 kilograms, while gold medalist Ding Jianjun lifted 316 kilograms. |
An Israeli couple is dreaming on 2012 In the summer of 2006, Marina Ohman (27) traveled with the Israeli national weightlifting team to a Ukrainian training camp to prepare for the world championships. Staying in her hotel was a senior member of the Ukrainian men's squad, Anatoliy Mushyk (29). "We maintained our relationship via the Internet and phone calls," recalls Ohman. "We saw each other mainly at competitions and training camps." They consummated their three-year romance by getting married last October and then had to decide where to settle down. Mushyk suggested his home country, where as a top athlete he is entitled to an apartment, car, plot of land and a respectable salary. |
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