2018 YOG Continental Qualification Events

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2018 YOG Continental Qualification Events

1. African Youth & Junior Championships 23-30 March 2018, Cairo, EGY RESULTS BOOK Youth / Junior 2. Asian Youth & Junior Championships 20-30 April 2018, Urgench, UZB RESULTS BOOK Youth / Junior 3. Pan-American Youth Championships 03-10 June 2018, Palmira, COL RESULTS BOOK Youth 4. Oceania Senior, Junior & Youth Championships 26-30 June 2018, Mont Dore, NCL RESULTS BOOK Youth / Junior / Senior 5. European Youth Championships 22-29 July 2018, Milan, ITA RESULTS BOOK

The European Weightlifting Championships: A Brief History

The European Weightlifting Championships is one of the oldest annual events on the international sporting calendar... The first edition was held in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in 1896 – the same year of the first modern Olympic Games. This landmark year for the sport laid the foundations for the rise in the global popularity of weightlifting in the years and generations to come. After visiting the Austrian capital of Vienna in its second year, the Championships returned to the Netherlands, and stayed there, for the next seven years, with the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam all staging the event. The Championships landed in Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Germany and Hungary in the following years before settling again in Austria for three consecutive editions, up until the start of the First World War. [caption id="attachment_21557" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Halil Mutlu (56kg)[/caption] UNMOVABLE CELEBRATION Since the event’s return to the calendar in 1921, it has never been staged in the same country two years in a row. It was not until after the conclusion of the Second World War that the event became a permanent annual celebration of Europe’s top weightlifters. Since 1947, the Championships has visited 32 different territories and produced some incredible performances in the process. In the European Weightlifting Federation records list, several benchmarks have been set at European Weightlifting Championships over the years. In the men’s 105kg+ division, German Ronny Weller lifted a European record of 260kg in the clean and jerk in front of his home fans in Riesa in 1998. Two years’ later, Polish lifter Szymon Kolecki produced a clean and jerk lift of 232kg in the 94kg category in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, while in 2001, Turkish athlete Halil Mutlu, in the 56kg division, set another European benchmark of 168kg in the clean and jerk at the Championships in Trencin, Slovakia. Those records still stand to this day for European athletes, as does the feat of Croatian Nikolai Pechalov, who produced a total lift of 325kg in the 62kg category at the 2000 Championships in Sofia. [caption id="attachment_21559" align="alignleft" width="274"] Ronny Weller (+105kg)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_21560" align="alignright" width="234"] Nikolai Pechalov (62kg)[/caption] RECORD-BREAKERS While this year’s event in Bucharest, Romania, from March 26 to April 1, will be the 97th edition of the annual European competition for male athletes. For women, this will be the 31st edition of the annual event. The inaugural Women’s European Weightlifting Championships took place in San Marino in 1988, but 10 years later, the women’s and men’s events came together to take place in the same city for the first time – Riesa in Germany. The dual Championships for men and women in the same city has continued to this day. In the Polish city of Wladyslawowo in 2006, Russian Svetlana Shimkova set a new European best of 141kg in the 63kg women’s clean and jerk division, once again proving that these Championships are where records are made. This year’s event will once again feature the continent’s best, with top lifters from across Europe ready to compete for a place on the podium across a total of 48 events. Stay tuned for the results! -- Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

IWF confirmed WADA Code compliant

The International Weightlifting Federation - as one of the first IFs - has been confirmed WADA compliant as it continues to ensure it operates under the highest anti-doping standards. WADA announced the IWF’s compliance following the review of the IWF’s Corrective Action Report (CAR) which found that the IWF had properly completed all necessary requests through improvements. Speaking following the announcement, IWF President Tamas Ajan said: “We are very pleased that WADA has recognised the work the IWF has done in ensuring our anti-doping policies and practises are compliant with global best-practice. The IWF is completely committed to protecting clean athletes and will continue to implement robust anti-doping measures at both international and Member Federation level, to address the incidence of doping in the sport. The IWF highly values our partnerships with WADA and with National Anti-Doping Organisations across the world. And we are honoured that a representative of our federation was speaking on this issue of Code Compliance at the WADA Symposium in Lausanne.” Dr Eva Nyirfa, legal counsel to the IWF, participated in panel discussion entitled Code Compliance Monitoring – the ADOs’ Perspective at the WADA Symposium, on 21 March. WADA Code Compliance is an ongoing process by which all Anti-Doping Organisations must demonstrate the validity of their work to WADA. As standards are updated, continued compliance must be shown. For example, on November 2017, WADA adopted amendments to the 2015 WADA Code related to compliance, notably introducing a new International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories (ISCCS) which takes effect on 1 April 2018 . President Ajan added: “The IWF continues to enjoy a good working relationship with WADA and is grateful for the support WADA has provided. We will continue to work closely with WADA as we implement the measures agreed with the IOC and other partners that prove our continued commitment to the clean athletes of our sport.” IWF was also represented at the WADA Symposium by Attila Adamfi, Director General, dr. Patrick Schamasch, Anti-Doping Commission Chairman, Lilla Rozgonyi, Communications and Marketing Director, Dr. Lilla Sagi, Junior Legal Counsel and Melody Exhenry, Anti-Doping