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202 Medals for the Asians in the Three Circuits of the World Senior Championships

After 2004 Athens Olympic Games, three World Senior Weightlifting Competitions circuits were held that the cities of Doha , Santa Domingo and Chiang Mai were the host of these competitions. In these three circuits, there were 901 lifters (557 Male and 344 Female) from different parts of the world. This statistic is considerable and unprecedented in its own. In women's section the Asian launched 111 athletes to these battles that they gained 114 medals (51 gold medals) whereas the Europeans with 124 athletes allocated 68 medals (12 gold medals) to themselves. In men's section the Asians had 171 participants within the three world competition circuits and obtained 88 medals (29 gold medals), but the Europeans with 246 weightlifters could get 109 medals (33 gold medals).

In the collection of men's and women's medals and by surveying of the statistic of three circuits of the world Competitions in 2005, 2006, and 2007 , we come to this conclusion that the Asians allocated themselves 202 medals ( 80 gold medals ) and the Europeans allocated themselves 177 medals ( 45 gold medals).

09/07/2008

WADA President: Send The Clean Athletes to The Olympic Games

It is the responsibility of countries and sports federations to send clean athletes to the Olympic Games, says WADA's President John Fahey in the first of a series of b-roll segments posted on WADA's redesigned online media center. But due to significant efforts including a new world-class laboratory in Beijing , Fahey says he is confident athletes taking steroids or any other performance enhancing drug are more likely to be caught during the Beijing Games—more so than in any other Olympics.

It's remarkable that, In accordance with the IWF Executive Board decision and as it has been previously communicated to all National Federation, ALL OLYMPIC COMPETITORS SHALLARRIVE TO BEIJING 8 (EIGHT) DAYS PRIOR to their respective competition day.

28/06/2008

A valuable honor for Vietnam Weightlifting

The Vietnam Weightlifting, because of valuable endeavoring and seriousness adopted within the recent years, has achieved a valuable honor. Due to the latest list issued by IWF, Vietnamese have allocated two quotas for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games that one of them belongs to the men and another one belongs to the women. The single women quota was gotten in the Asian Championships held in Kanazawa , Japan . Vietnamese female weightlifters by obtaining six silver medals and 442 points, became the fourth in that Championships. Men's quota allocated to Vietnam in the section of Individual Qualification by IWF. This quota was allocated to Vietnam after investigating of different countries' weightlifters in octamerous weighs. Vietnamese can nominate just one athlete between Hoang Anh tuan and Nguyen Manh Thang the lifters of 56kg. And 62 kg.

28/06/2008

Probable Changing in Some Countries quotas in 2008 Beijing Olympic

At its recent meeting in Cali , Colombia , the IWF Executive Board put under revision its earlier decision of 11 March 2008, according to which Olympic qualification quota should be withdrawn from countries producing positive doping results between 1 January and August of 2008. That particular measure was intended to underline the IWF?s extremely strong and determined fight against the abuse of doping.

With regard to the fact, however,

- that the Olympic Games are the event of the International Olympic Committee and come under its jurisdiction,

- that the Olympic Qualification Regulations for the 2008 Beijing Games were approved by the IOC already at the middle of 2006,

- that the above stipulation of the IWF was not included in the approved Qualification Regulation for Weightlifting and no such modification can be made at this late date,

after consulting the IOC, the IWF acknowledges that it will not implement its former decision for Beijing 2008.

At the same time, the countries concerned have the right to return Olympic quota to the IWF, and the IWF very much appreciates if such NOCs , adopting the principles and the spirit of the anti-doping fight, are willing to do so.

The IWF has already determined to include such rule into the Qualification Regulation for the next, the 2012 London Olympic Games.

25/06/2008

Chinese Weightlifters' intension against doping in 2008 Beijing Olympic

Chinese Weightlifters in a symbolic movement showed their intension against doping issue. On the 9 th of June , some Chinese women weightlifters in Tyianjn gathered and took an oath in front of their country's national flag to fight against strongly against doping issue .This movement was towards keeping the spirit of Olympic purposes. The Olympic motto is obtaining honor in a safe and equal competition atmosphere.

25/06/2008

The Asian Luminosity In the Resumption of the Cali Competitions

In the resumption of the World Junior Weightlifting Championships running in Cali , Colombia , the Asian lifters , in both men's and Women's sections ,obtained the acceptable results. In 77kg. Men's category ,Sohrab Moradi from Iran with 318kg. overall in snatch and clean & Jerk ,obtained bronze medal. In boys' 85 kg. Saeid Shahedi Chenijani from Iran won a silver and a bronze medals . He raised 151 kg. in snatch and placed in the second platform . He got the bronze medal because of the 337kg. in total movements of clean & Jerk .In 94 kg. Navab Nasirshelal from Iran gained three bronze medals . He restrained 164kg. in snatch , 199kg. in clean & jerk and totally 363 kg. In men's +105 kg. Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi from Iran lifted up 186kg. in snatch and reached to silver medal. He restrained 220 kg. in clean & jerk and not only gained the bronze medal in this movement but also gained the bronze of overall movements . He owned one silver and two bronzes in total.

In 58kg. Women's Sirikaew Pimsiri from Thailand won three gold medals . She , raised the barbell overall, in snatch 91kg. in clean & jerk 120 kg and totally 211kg. in order to be the absolute conqueror in this weigh.( because of having the less weigh rather than Colombian lifter ). In 63 kg. girls' category , Miyahira Namiko from Japan with totally 189 kg. gained bronze medal in altogether movements of snatch and clean & jerk. In girls 69 kg. KIM Hyemi from South Korea won two bronze medals . She managed to lift 118 kg. and totally registered 213 kg. to her own name to get the two bronze medals. She certainly gained the bronze medal because of having the less weigh rather than Ukrainian lifters in totally movements of snatch and clean & jerk. In women's section in 75kg. Lee Area owned three gold medals. She strained 97kg. in snatch , 126 kg. in clean & jerk and in 223kg. in overall movements . She is the second Asian gainer of three gold medals after Sirikaew Pimsiri from Thailand who gained three gold medals in 58kg. in the early days of the competitions.

It's remarkable that in the last day of the competitions Evgeny Pisarev , the Russian lifter in +105 kg. men's category , by straining 196 kg. in snatch , improved one kilogram the former record which belonged to Artem Udachin from Ukraine after nine years.

22/06/2008

China Selects; Yang Lian or Chen Xiexia?

China is determined to win the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games. They just aren't sure who should go get it. With only one spot available to the host nation in Women's 48kg Weightlifting , China is facing a tough decision between athletes Yang Lian and Chen Xiexia. Yang grabbed three gold medals in the 1996 World Weightlifting Championships, while Chen impressed decision makers with her remarkable performance two months ago at the National Championships, where she bested Yang. Chinese team officials feel that winning the first Olympic gold medal awarded on Chinese soil would be a big morale boost for the entire Chinese team.

20/06/2008

IWF Executive Board Member Meeting in Cali , Colombia

World Weightlifting Championship Competitions started on Sunday 15 June, 2008 in Cali , Colombia .In the first day of the competitions, the weightlifters of 48 kg. Categories, women group B challenged to each other at 10 o'clock by local time. These competitions will be continued up to 21 June.

IWF Executive Board Member Meeting was held by the presence of the Asian and other continental delegates on Friday 13 June, 2008. And on Saturday 14 June IWF General Congress was held. The opening ceremony began at 19:30 on Saturday by local time .The sessions of Technical Committee, Scientific & Research Committee and Medical Committee were held at the same time on Thursday 12, June 2008.

15/06/2008

The Asian first medals of the World Junior Championships for the Thai Girls

The 34 th Boys and 14 th Girls World Junior Championships are running in Cali , Colombia . But in the held competitions up to now , the girl lifters of 48kg. and 53 kg. Accompanied to boy lifters of 56kg. and 62kg. have ended their competitions . Among the Asian, Thai girl lifters in 48kg. offered the first medals to the widest continent of the world. In this weigh Khamsi Panida allocated herself the bronze medal in snatch , silver medal in clean & jerk and silver medal in total movements. At the same time, the bronze medal of clean & jerk belonged to PHUPRUEM Thip-Amon from this country.

15/06/2008

Asia , super vigor of women's weightlifting in the world

A statistic research done between 1987 and 2005 shows that the super power of the world women's weightlifting belonged to Asian. In these 17 periods, although the number of Asian women weightlifters was less than the Europeans, statistics show from 1269 medals distributed in snatch, Clean & Jerk and total, 748 medals consist of 341 gold, 226 silver and 181 bronze were accrued to Asians. Hence there is a deep gap between the Asia and the other continents. The lifters of China and Taipe China were on the tops of this medal table in the mentioned years .Surely the Koreans, Indians, Thais and Japanese have had a considerable shares in creating honor for Asia in these years.

12/06/2008

Vietnamese weightlifter hopes to gain a medal in

2008 Beijing Olympic

Vietnamese weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan, who won the men's 56kg division at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Japan late last month, said he is practicing hard so as to bag home an Olympic medal

"I'm not 100 percent sure that I will be successful at the 2008Olympic Games. But, as an Asian champion, I have the right to hope, and try my best to gain an Olympic medal," local newspaper Youth on Friday quoted Tuan as saying.

He said his three hottest rivals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are from China , the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Indonesia . He is going to undergo an intensive training course in Bulgaria .

Although no official announcement about Tuan's berth at Beijing2008 Olympic Games has been made so far, he is sure to secure a place at the global sports event slated for August, the newspaper said.

10.05.2008

Registration a new record in the Asian Championship Competitions

In the second day of the Asian Weightlifting Championship Competitions ,a new record was registered . ZHANG Jie from china in the 62kg men category ,picked up 147kg in snatch and 179kg in the clean & jerk and totally 326 kg in order that he could improve the record of the world and Asia totally up to 1 kg. In the end of the second day China with fifteen gold, two silver and three bronze medals stood in the top of the medals table, Vietnam with two gold ,six silver and one bronze medals placed in the second , and Thailand with one gold and one silver and three bronze medals placed in the third position.

2008/04/28

AWF Annual Congress held in the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan

AWF annual congress was held in the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan ,IWF President and IOC member, Sheikh Sultan Ben Mijren AWF President ,Ali Moradi AWF General Secretory and IWF member , Executive Board Members and National Federation members in the public hall of Ana hotel in Kanazawa , Japan .There were some discussions such a ; Approval of Maldives as an AWF Member, serious fighting against doping , paying the teams participation costs before the arrival of the teams to the host countries , being free of all the technical committee members’ presence in the different competitions, were included in this mentioned meeting. In this desciplined meeting , Dr. Tamas Ajan appreciated the AWF Officials because of holding the sessions well and Japenese authorities for being the host of Asian Championship Competitions .

Dr. Ajan remarked that holding the Asian Championship Competitions in Japan is an appropriate opportunity for this continent countries so as to raise their quotas up in the 2008 Beijing Olympic. Then Mr.Sheikh Sultan Ben Mijren and Mr.Ali Moradi , AWF President and the General Secratory explained the performance of AWF and the further programs and gave some notices and remarks to the members in order that the meeting would be a profitable Annual Congress.

2008/04/26

AWF Executive Board Members Meeting held

The AWF Executive Board Members Metting was held in the presence of Dr. Tamas Ajan , Sheikh Sulatan Ben Mijren and Ali Moradi . In this meeting , Technical Committee , Medical Committee and Scientific & Research Committee discussed about their own programs , the activities done and some offered proposals .

Ratification of the final plan of the selecting the best man or woman weightlifter of the world was one of the other items discussed in the meeting and decided to be specified its final formula in the next Executive Board Members Meeting to be held in Korea .

2008/04/25

IT Teaching and Justifying Classes will be held for the Asians

Concerning with the promotion of the Asian Weightlifting Competition levels and in relation to IT some positive decisions were made in the first session of some executive member's board recently.

Formation of the IT Teaching and Justifying classes for 10 to 15 hours for the different countries' representatives , introducing the best athlete and Asian man in the end of the year , repetition of the specialty sessions for making more coordination among the members, were some discussed items which everybody confirmed and satisfied with them .They finally concluded that in the next session which is to held in Japan ,they can investigate the present proposed items.

The new rules for the serious challenge to doping issue

Within the technical sessions of AWF, there were some copious comments by the attendance of Dr. Asghar Shahabi _ the Chairman of Medical Committee AWF about the destructive effects and the dangers which may be derived from using tonic drugs. In these sessions they come to an agreement, that some training classes in the field of challenging against the doping should be formed regularly as well as providing some training CDs in relation to this issue and sending them to Federations must be followed nonstop. Meantime, it's proposed that in the next phase of applying and making rules and provisions for the years 2009-2012, the coaches will be obliged to take part in doping controlling and signing room, and seriously have the necessity cooperation with the holding authorities.

The performance of coaches and umpires will be evaluated

Within the AWF specialty session dealing with the Technical Committee's issues held recently in Tehran _ by attendance of some executive board members ,the most important conclusion itemized as below:

• The evaluation form of the performance of the coaches and the umpires should be provided and presented during the continental competitions.

• The place of their settlement during the Asian competitions should be specified and in the next session of the AWF executive board members should be commented.

• More using of the technical members of AWF within the International & Olympic competitions should be requested from IWF.

• The necessary cooperation should be taken to hold medic, umpiring and coaching workshops in the International levels for the applicant countries.

• General supervisor should be introduced to AWF formally by the host country.

Zhang Guozheng the second superman of the

world weightlifters in 2007

In the ranking of the world's best Weightlifters in 2007 specified by electing of IWF Asian athletes obtained some worthful titles . In men's section Zhang Guozheng in 69kg.category from China with 428 points after Andrei Rybakou ,the weightlifter of 85kg.category from Belarus owned the second place of the best weightlifters of the world in 2007.Among the nine weightlifters supermen in the past Christian year ,the names of three Asian weightlifters are seen. Yang fan from China with 95 points owned the sixth grade , Shi Zhiyong from China got the seventh grade with 28 points , Cha Kum chol from North Korea with 7 points , placed in 8 th grade .

08/04/2008

Ten Asian Lifters on Top of the bests of 2007

According to the statistics issued by IWF among the 15 weights of men and women during 2007 the Asian have formed the bests of ten weights regarding the registered records additions . In the women's section 6 weights ,and in the men's section 4 weights The first four weights because of succeeding in lifting the barbell up, the Asian achieved the best results within the past Christian year .The bests of different weights itemized as below ;

1.Women's section 48kg.Chen XieXia from China totally 215 points (TAIAN) 27/04/2007

2. Women's section 53 kg. LIping from China Totally 225 kg. ( TAIAN ) 27/04/2007

3. Women's section 58kg. QIU Hongmei from China Totally 241 kg. ( TAIAN ) 27/04/2007

4. Women's section 63kg. LIU Haixia from china Totally 257 kg. ( CHIANGMAI ) 20/09/2007

5. Women's section 69kg. SLIVENKO Oxana from Russia 276 kg. ( CHIAGMAI ) 20/09/2007

6. Women's section 75kg. CAO Lei from China Totally 286 kg. ( CHIAGMAI ) 20/09/2007

7. Women's section + 75kg. JANG Mi-Ran from South Korea Totally 319 ( CHIAGMAI ) 20/09/2007

1. Men's section 56kg. IRAWAN Eko from Indonezia Totally 284 ( NAKHON)10/12/2007

2. Men's section 62kg. QIU Le from China Totally 315 kg. ( TAIAN) 28/04/2007

3. Men's section 69kg. ZHANG Guozheng from China 347 kg. ( CHIANGMAI 25/09/2007 )

4. Men's section 77kg. LI. Hongli from CHINA Totally 369 kg. ( TAIAN) 28/04/2007

5. Men's section 85kg. RYBAKOU Andrei from Belarus Totally 393kg. ( CHIANGMAI 25/09/2007

6. Men's section 94 kg. KONSTANTINOV Roman from Russia Totally 397 kg. (CHIANGMAI 25/09/2007)

7. Men's section 105 kg. ARAMNAU Andrei from Belarus Totally 423 kg. CHIANGMAI 25/09/2007

8. Men's section +105 kg. SCERBATIHS Viktors from Latvia Totally 447kg. ( STRASBOURG) 22/04/2007

It is considerable to point out that the record of the best Weightlifters of 2007 in seven different weights were improved in comparison to 2006 , other seven weights came down and in one weight ( women's section 75kg.category ) there was no changing.

08/04/2008

Seven Asian lifters among the World's Superlative

Female Weightlifters in 2007

Ranking the best female weightlifting of the world in 2007 shows that among the first twelve athletes , seven athletes are from Asia . Due to the figuring out of IWF, the titles and scores of the female weightlifters have been ranked as follows ;

1.Jang Mi-Ran from South Korea 471 points ( the first )

2. Liu Haixia from China 338 points ( the third )

3. Chen Xiexia from China 300 points ( the forth )

4. Qiu Hongmei from China 201 points ( the fifth )

5. Gao Lei from China 169 points ( the sixth )

6. Mu Shuangshuang from China 63 points ( the seventh )

7. Li ping from China 4 points ( the twelfth )

It is said that forty four of the voters had selected the weightlifter of +75kg category from South Korea , as their first choice .And this caused that she categorically stood on the first platform , in the ranking of the best female weightlifters of the world in 2007

08/04/2008

AWF Congratulation to New Presidents of EWF , OWF & PAW C

Asian Weightlifting Federation by representing its congratulation to the new Presidents of Europe , Oceania and Pan American Weightlifting Federations and wish they would be succeeded in their new positions and hope these Federations to witness Weightlifting sport's innumerable inflorescences and growing in the world level in the four future years in order that this sport may find its real position among its advocates.

It's noticeable that William F. Ozuna ( DOM ) was elected as the PAWC President Marcus Stephen ( Nauru ) as the OWF President , Antonio Urso (ITA) as the President of EWF and also the members of the related Committees were specified within the past few weeks .

16/04/.2008

The meeting of IWF Executive Board Members in Tokyo

The meeting of IWF Executive Board Members will be held in Tokyo , Japan from 9 th up to 13 th March, 2008.In this meeting the following items will be discussed;

1- Beijing 's Olympic competitions holding in 2008

2. The proposals of the members towards improving the competitions

3. Negotiations about the programs which are to take place in the current year.

It is said the meeting of AWF Executive Broad Members will be held in Kanazawa city, Japan as well as AWF annual congress at the same time in April.

03.13.2008

AWF Secretary General mentions new idea for

Executive Board Members to be discussed

In order to encourage all Asian Weightlifters to be more active on the Intercontinental and International sport events. Mr. Ali Moradi (IRI), AWF Secretary General, is going to submit his new proposal to the Executive Board Members at the forthcoming Meeting of the AWF Executive Board. Undoubtedly, incase of the agreement of the suggestion among most of the EB Members, the above proposal will be eventually approved. The following passage explains about the new proposal. In accordance with the excellent performance of each of the athletes participating from different countries, AWF is strongly determined to present special medals &trophies to the upstanding lifters both Men & Women at the International events. Concerning the above suggestion, there is something that should be remembered; the method of getting the score, point, coefficient for athletes in various competitions should be much distinct. For example, the score which is obtained in the course of an Asian Championships should be different to the one attained during a World event. If the Executive Board confirms the above proposal, it will be conducted for the first time entire the Asia in 2008. Capturing the World and Asian gold medals, taking active part in most of the International events, breaking the World & Asian records, will help the athletes to achieve the top three winning place.

01.16.2008

” Good Luck Beijing ”2008 International Weightlifting

Tournament has finished

The above test event held on January 22-23 in BUAA Gymnasium, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the venue of the forthcoming Olympic Weightlifting Competitions. The two-day Tournament consisted of 4 categories, Men's 56 kg and +105 kg, Women's 53 kg & +75 kg.The passage below contains the total result of the above Championships.In Group B, Women's +75 category competition was cancelled owing to the absence of the participating athletes.

01.23.2008

Women

Men

Dr.Tamas Ajan visited the AWF Secretariat Office

Dr.Tamas Ajan the respectable President of International Weightlifting Federation, who had already traveled to Tehran for taking part in Namju Memorial Cup, visited the AWF Secretariat office. Mr.Tamas Ajan expressed his satisfaction and consent with the facilities and equipments of the AWF Secretariat, pointing out the progressive and remarkable growth and development of the sport of weightlifting throughout the world It is worth mentioning that, there were some AWF Executive Board Members and other high-ranking officials participating in the Secretariat as well. At the end of the above visit, Mr.Ali Moradi AWF Secretary General declared that how much he had been appreciative of Dr.Ajan permanent support and cooperation presenting a commemorative and memorial gift to him.

02.24.2008

Namju& Salmasi Memorial Ceremony held in Iran

A special Memorial ceremony held on Sunday 27 January, 2008 in commemoration of the 18 th anniversary of the NAMJU Mahmud demise &8 th anniversary of the SALMASI Jafar death, two former Iranian World and Asia Champions. It is worth pointing out that ,AWF Secretary General ,Mr.Moradi Ali ,President of Iran Weightlifting Federation ,Mr.Afsharzadeh Bahram and a number famous Iranian Champions such as Movahed Abdullah ,Nasiri Mohamed ,Jalayer Parviz attended the above ceremony. Iran Weightlifting Federation President commended and admired Namju & Salmasi both for their outstanding personality and character. For your further information, Salmasi Jafar successfully managed to capture the bronze medal in 60 Kg category in the course of 1948 Olympic Weightlifting Championships which was held in London city, England . Moreover, He was the first Asian lifter who resolutely succeeded to win the first gold medal in the history of Olympic Games. On the other hand, Namju Mahmud prosperously could obtain 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals & 3 bronze medals during the different World and Olympic Competitions in the past years. It should be added that, Namju Memorial Cup will be held on February 12-15, 2008 in Iran .

01.27.2008

“Good Luck Beijing ” a test event to be held prior to the 2008 Olympic Weightlifting Championships

The Organizing Committee of the” Good Luck Beijing”2008 International Weightlifting Tournament was officially set up in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) . The above sport event will be held on January 22-23 in BUAA Gymnasium, for the purpose of having the overall test of the venue in addition to estimate the capabilities of the competition place team for This year Olympic Weightlifting Contest. The two-day Tournament comprising 4 categories , Men's 56 kg and +105 kg ,Women's 53 kg & +75 kg .It's worth pointing out that, Mr.Du Yubo, Party Committee Secretary of BUAA, encouraged and motivated the venue team to work harder to achieve a high-level and extraordinary result at the end of the Tournament.

Good Luck Beijing 2008 International Weightlifting Invitational Tournament
Day 1	Tues (01/22)
	Session WL01	Start: 10:00 End: 14:00	BUAA
	10:00-12:00	Men's 56kg - Group B
	12:30-14:00	Women's 53kg - Group B
	Session WL02	Start: 15:30 End: 17:30	BUAA
	15:30-17:10	Women's 53kg - Group A
	17:20-17:30	Women's 53kg Medal Ceremony
	Session WL03	Start: 19:00 End: 21:00	BUAA
	19:00-20:40	Men's 56kg - Group A
	20:50-21:00	Men's 56kg Medal Ceremony
Day 2	Wed (01/23)
	Session WL04	Start: 10:00 End: 14:00	BUAA
	10:00-12:00	Men's +105kg - Group B
	12:30-14:00	Women's +75kg - Group B
	Session WL05	Start: 15:30 End: 17:30	BUAA
	15:30-17:10	Women's +75kg - Group A
	17:20-17:30	Women's +75kg Medal Ceremony
	Session WL06	Start: 19:00 End: 21:00	BUAA
	19:00-20:40	Men's +105kg - Group A
	20:50-21:00	Men's +105kg Medal Ceremony

01.20.2008

Celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation Foundation

AWF dignitaries and high-ranking officials unanimously decide to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of establishment of this great organization. It is planned to make due arrangements and preparations for holding the above ceremony more magnificently and gloriously. Here's a brief statement of the history of organization and foundation of the AWF. Following the establishment of the International Weightlifting Federation in 1905 and combining with rules and legislations at global level as well as developing of National Federations paving the way to form Federation at continental level so as to improve sport of weightlifting worldwide. Under such conception the Asian states set out the primary stage and made Weightlifting Federation be more known in 1958 concomitantly conducted Asian Japanese – Tokyo Championships in addition to Oceanic states. AWF Secretariat relocated to Singapore under the leadership of Sakurai from Japan and Mr.Michael Koay as General Secretary proceeded. Meanwhile the aforesaid Federation shifted to Iran with the prosperous intellectuals such as Mr.Monico Puentevela, the President and Mr. Ali Moradi, Secretary General carrying on the performance thoroughly and excellently. It should be added that, at the present, Mr.Sheikh Sultan Bin Al Mejren(UAE) has recently been elected as the new President of AWF.

01.16.2008

AWF Secretary General mentions new idea for Executive Board Members to be discussed

01.16.2008

Membership of 44 National Affiliated Federations to AWF

The number of AWF National Affiliated Federations has been added to 44 as Maldives Republic made a request for being a new member of AWF in 2007. Among all the Asian Federations there are some National Federations seem to have been much older than others such as Singapore ,India ,Lebanon, South Korea, Japan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Supposedly the year of foundation of the above Federations dates back to 7 decades ago. It is worth pointing out that, India is the first Asian country which began affiliating to AWF and hence some other countries were accepted to be subsequent National Affiliated countries to AWF like Myanmar , Philippine, Iran , Japan , Pakistan and so on. Those countries locating in the middle of Asia affiliated to AWF in 1990's increasing the number of National Affiliated countries. Moreover, after the Asian Football Federation now approximately having 46 members, Asian Weightlifting Federation should be considered as the most active and diligent Federation throughout the vast continent.

Setting up a new record in the course of 2007 Asian

Interclub Weightlifting Championships

A new record was broken during the Asian Interclub Junior (Male's & Female's) Senior (Men's &Women's) Weightlifting Championships held on December 14-22, 2007 in Damascus , Syria In 69 Kg Senior Women's category, a 17 year-old Female athlete Wanichakom Numnual from (THA) firmly succeeded to lift 113 Kg barbellin her last and vital attempt of Clean & Jerk, improving the previous Asian Youth (Girls) record to 5 Kg. It is worth saying that, the previous record holder of this category was Guan Yan of the People's Republic of China who prosperously managed to overcome 108 Kg barbell in Clean & Jerk in 2006. The new Asian record has unanimously been approved and confirmed by AWF Technical Committee Members and it will be added to the last Asian archive records accordingly.

Changing the standards of different categories of

World Weightlifting Championships

The standards of various sections of World Weightlifting Championships will be modified very soon. By the year 2009, the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships will have been held among the youth athletes aged between 13 to 16 . The World Junior Weightlifting Championships used to be held at the age of 13 to 18. But it has been decided and stipulated to change the junior age from 14 to 20.The World Senior Weightlifting Championships should be held among athletes of 13 and over. On the other hand, the Olympic Championships will be held from 16 and over .

The Best Lifters of The Olympic History

Weightlifting has been on the programme of the Olympic Games every year except for 1900, 1908 and 1912.The Olympic weightlifting programme has developed a great deal throughout the decades. Today lifters compete in the snatch and the clean and jerk and are classified according to their combined total result. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, men competed in eight bodyweight categories: up to 56kg, 62kg, 69kg, 77kg, 85kg, 94kg, 105kg and +105kg. Women participated in seven categories: up to 48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, and +75kg. The programme of events for the 2008 Beijing Games is the same.The most successful Olympic weightlifters of all time are Naim Süleymanoglu and Halil Mutlu of Turkey , Pyrros Dimas, and Kakhi Kakhiasvillis of Greece , each of whom won three Olympic titles. Hungary 's Imre Földi, Ronnie Weller and Ingo Steinhöfel hold a special record, being five-times Olympians.Counting all the 22 Olympic Games, weightlifters representing 32 NOCs have so far won Olympic gold medals. Among the women, seven nations have produced Olympic champions at the last two Games.

The allocation of 60 Quota for Asian Lifters on the Olympic Competitions by the end of 2007

The Olympic Weightlifting Championships will be held on August 9-19, 2008 in Beijing the capital city of China . It has been confirmed that, 90 Women & 170 Men athletes will participate in the above Weightlifting Championships. Furthermore, Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held on April 27 th – May 2 nd , 2008 in Kanazawa city, Japan . This is the last and vital opportunity for all the athletes representing from different countries to achieve qualification places. According to the reliable sources, 36 Asian Men as well as 24 Women athletes have succeeded so far to obtain the permission to attend the 2008 Olympic Weightlifting Championships. While there are still 44 Quota left for Men and 29 for Women to let them compete against their adversaries from all over the world. Here is the full list name of the entire Asian countries eligible and qualified to enter the Olympic Competitions more easily. The list names of the qualified countries in Men style would be as follows: China , South Korea , Kazakhstan , D.P.R. Korea, Indonesia , Thailand , Iran , Japan , Taiwan . In Women style: Thailand , South Korea , Kazakhstan , China , Japan , D.P.R. Korea, Taiwan . Nonetheless, there are still a large number of Asian countries waiting for a chance to achieve the rest of the Quota on the forthcoming Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships /Olympic Qualification to be held in Japan .

IWF emphasized on the special importance of

Doping Control Policy

At the IWF Executive Board meeting held recently, all Executive Board Members of IWF unanimously made a decision to follow up on the Doping Control issue more strictly and seriously afterwards. All of the dignitaries and high-ranking officials of national affiliated Federations were kindly requested to be more active and decisive concerning the Doping Control during various sport events and Weightlifting Championships By the next year, with getting access to the technology of Hormone growth , the athletes blood will have been tested in order to be able to determine the accuracy of Doping test of the tested athletes . This modern technology and science well be made it more easier to carry out the tests. Likewise, it should be considered as a useful help for the Organizing Committee of different competitions to hold and organize the contest without making any mistake.

The Competition place of all the events of the World Weightlifting Championships has been determined until the year 2010

The competition place of all events of the World Weightlifting Championships has recently been specified at the recent meeting of IWF Executive Board. With respect to the Canadian withdrawal from holding the 2008 World Junior Championships .The above Championships will probably be held in Colombia . According to the votes taking by the high-ranking officials, it has been concluded to hold the 2009 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Romania . There were two Candidates that had already been nominated to be the host of 2010 World Weightlifting Championships. In the end, Bulgaria successfully could obtain more percentage of votes rather than Colombia . Likewise, the 2011 World Junior Weightlifting Championships will be held in Peru . On the other hand, the 2008 World Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held in Beijing , China . Belarus and South Korea were nominated to be elected as the next host of the 2009 World Senior Weightlifting Championships. Eventually South Korea was chosen to be the fortunate host to hold the 2009 Championships. The 2010 World Senior Weightlifting Championships will be held in Turkey . In accordance with the votes taken by all Executive Board Members of IWF, Organizing Committee of France was selected to be responsible for holding and organizing the 2011 World Senior Weightlifting Competitions. It should be said that, after a close campaign occurring between Paris and Los Angeles city of the United States of America , France succeeded to be the only winner by gathering one vote more than its American counterpart. To get access to the timetable of the entire forthcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships , Please refer to the AWF official calendar on the website

11.19.2007

Asian Junior & Senior (Men’s & Women’s) Inter Clubs Weightlifting Championships to be held to honor the memory of late President of Syria , Mr. Hafez Al Assad

Asian Junior & Senior (Men’s & Women’s) Inter Clubs Weightlifting Championships will be held on December 14-20, 2007 in Damascus , Syria . The above Competitions will be considered as 5th Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships & 8th Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships. In commemoration of late President of Syria, Mr. Hafez Al Assad, the Organizing Committee of the above-mentioned Championships has concluded to hold and organize the Competitions in remembrance of their previous President who had passed away a few years ago. In the meantime, some special awards will be presented to the top three winning place winners of each participating team.

11.19.2007

he 19th women's &38th Men's Asian Weightlifting Federation Championships finished and the Team classification of the competitions specified

The team classification of 38th Men's of Asia Weightlifting Championships given below:
1-The first place winner team was China by gainig 639 pionts in total
2- The second place winner Iran by 489 points in total
3- Third place winner Thailand by 474 points in total
4- Forth place winner Torkemanistan by 420 points in total
5- Fifth place winner Kazakistan by 320 pionts in total
6- Sixth place winner Korea by 313 pionts in total

The team classification of 19th Women's of Asia Weightlifting Championships given below:
1-The first place winner team was China by gainig 585 pionts in total
2- The second place winner Vietnam by 529 points in total
3- Third place winner Thailand by 500 points in total
4- Forth place winner India by 261 points in total
5- Fifth place winner Kazakistan by 256 pionts in total
6- Sixth place winner China TPE by 198 pionts in total

The inauguration of Asian Junior &Youth Weightlifting Championships Website

The organizing committee of the Asian Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships has just inaugurated it’s new website on the internet. The above-mentioned competitions will be held on 26 October – 4 November ,2007 in Amman , Jordan . All the weightlifting sport fans and enthusiasts will be well informed of the information and news ,latest results, different events, relating to the aforesaid contests only by visiting the following website address : www.jor –w-f.zoomshare .com It should be said that, the inauguration and opening of the here in above-mentioned website has just been warmly welcomed and received by most of the high-ranking dignitaries of the AWF ,such as: Mr.Ali Moradi, AWF Secretary General ,one of the very important officials ,admirers and supporters of the afore-mentioned website.

10.21.2007

Notice

AWF official Website invites all national affiliated Federations to send their news, comments, and reports of any kind regarding the sport of weightlifting to the Secretariat office of AWF at the earliest convenience in order to be applied in the above Website on the internet. It is the best way of keeping the entire Asian countries informed about the latest and recent news throughout the vast continent. All the affiliated and member Federations are kindly requested to forward their news to the AWF Secretariat office via the following email address: AWF special Website: www.a-w-f.net E-Mail: admin@a-w-f.net Your cooperation and help would be highly appreciated.

11.25.2007

24 th SEA Games to be held in Thailand

24th SEA Games will be held on December 6th -15th 2007 in Thailand . The Weightlifting sport Competitions will be held on December 8th- 12th 2007 in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima at the College Assembly Hall. The previous SEA Games had been held in the Philippines . Furthermore, the Verification of final Entries & Technical Committee meeting will be held on December 6th. The above Championships will be finished after 5 days. For further information, the SEA Games consist of 49 sport fields.

11.25.2007

The commencement of Commonwealth & Oceania Weightlifting Championships

The Commonwealth & Oceania Weightlifting Championships will be held on November 26th- December 1st 2007 in Apia , Samoa . According to the timetable of above event, the time of arrival of Teams and Guests, Verification of Final Entries & Technical Officials will be on 26th December at 17:00 pm . Furthermore it should be said that, the OWF Annual Congress, CWF Congress in addition to the Opening Ceremony will be held on 27th November. All the participating athletes including both Men & Women begin competing with each other on November 28th. The list names of the participating countries are as follows. Countries such as : New Zealand , Nauru, Samoa, Niue, Australia , Solomon Islands, Tonga, PNG ,New Caledonia , Fiji , Cook Islands . Attention: The above schedule is subject to change, according to the receipt of final entries.

11.25.2007

I.R.Iran and Taipei, prosperous Champions of 2007 Asian youth (Boys & Girls )

11.15.2007

9th Asian Youth (Boys & Girls ) Weightlifting have just been completed in Amman, Jordan. At the end of the above Championships, in boys section the youth athletes of I.R. Iran victoriously managed to attain the first winning place with acquiring 644 points and in Girls category the weightlifters of Taipei could totally obtain the first winning place with gathering 470 points . There were 15 participating countries taking part in the above-mentioned competitions with at least 64 athletes. ;
The team classification of the youth (boys & Girls) are as follows:
Girls:

- Chinese Taipei 470 points ( 7 athletes )
- India 369 points (6 athletes)
- Bangladesh 63 points ( 1 athletes )
- Malaysia 60 points (1 athletes )
- Yemen 57 points ( 1 athletes )

Boys:

- I.R. Iran 644 points ( 8 lifters )
- Chinese Taipei 502 points ( 8 lifters )
- Iraq 456 points ( 7 lifters )
- India 448 points (7 lifters )
- Vietnam 274 points ( 4 lifters )
- Kyrgyzstan 159 points ( 2 lifters )
- Jordan 136 points ( 2 lifters )
- Malaysia 127 points ( 2 lifters )
- Qatar 123 points ( 2 lifters )
- Uzbekistan 112 points ( 2 lifters )
- Pakistan 71 points ( 1 lifters )
- Indonesia 66 points ( 1 lifters)
- Bangladesh 59 points ( 1 lifters )
- United Arab Emirates 45 points ( 1 lifters )

I.R. Iran and Thailand , prosperous& victorious Champions of 2007 Asian Junior

(Men’s & Women’s )

11.15.2007

12th Asian Junior Women’s & 20th Junior Men’s Weightlifting Championships have just been concluded in Amman, Jordan. At the end of the above Competitions , in Men’s category , the Junior athletes of I.R. Iran successfully managed to obtain the first winning place with acquiring 592 points and in Women’s section the weightlifters of Thailand could totally obtain the first winning place with gathering 372 points . There were 14 participating countries taking part in the above-mentioned competitions with at least 77 athletes. The team classification of the Junior (Men’s & Women’s ) are as follows: ;

Women:

Thailand 372 points ( 5 athletes )
Japan 335 points (5 athletes)
Chinese Taipei 256 points ( 4 athletes )
India 249 points (4 athletes )
Korea 144 points ( 2 athletes )
Malaysia 110 points ( 2 athletes )
Indonesia 28 points ( 1 athletes )

Men:

I.R. Iran 592 points ( 8 lifters )
Chinese Taipei 496 points ( 8 lifters )
Iraq 482 points ( 8 lifters )
Malaysia 316 points (5 lifters )
Thailand 285 points ( 4 lifters )
Korea 255 points ( 4 lifters )
India 226 points ( 3 lifters )
Japan 190 points ( 3 lifters )
Jordan 181 points (3 lifters)
Syria 177 points ( 3 lifters )
Pakistan129 points ( 2 lifters )
UAE 117 points ( 2 lifters )
Uzbekistan 73 points ( 1 lifter)

Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting ChampionShips Held In Amman , Jordan

1.15.2007

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11.15.2007

Maldives Republic ,the new national affiliated country to the AWF& IWF

Maldives Republic has been accepted and approved to be the new national affiliated Federation to the AWF & IWF . It is to be mentioned that, the number of affiliated countries to IWF has been reached 181 so far. In the meantime, Liberia and Malawi had already been accepted as two members of IWF.

11.13.2007

IWF emphasized on the special importance of Doping Control Policy

At the IWF Executive Board meeting held recently, all Executive Board Members of IWF unanimously made a decision to follow up on the Doping Control issue more strictly and seriously afterwards. All of the dignitaries and high-ranking officials of national affiliated Federations were kindly requested to be more active and decisive concerning the Doping Control during various sport events and Weightlifting Championships . By the next year, with getting access to the technology of Hormone growth , the athletes blood will have been tested in order to be able to determine the accuracy of Doping test of the tested athletes . This modern technology and science well be made it more easier to carry out the tests. Likewise, it should be considered as a useful help for the Organizing Committee of different competitions to hold and organize the contest without making any mistake.

11.13.2007

Changing the standards of different categories of World Weightlifting Championships

The standards of various sections of World Weightlifting Championships will be modified very soon. By the year 2009, the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships will have been held among the youth athletes aged between 13 to 16 . The World Junior Weightlifting Championships used to be held at the age of 13 to 18. But it has been decided and stipulated to change the junior age from 14 to 20. The World Senior Weightlifting Championships should be held among athletes of 13 and over. On the other hand, the Olympic Championships will be held from 16 and over. .

11.13.2007

Cooperation and collaboration among AWF Dignitaries and Officials

10.29.2007

Mr.Sheikh Sultan Bin Al Mejren ,President of AWF put emphasis on Solidarity and Unification among all AWF official members at the AWF Congress held on October 27 in Amman , Jordan .
Respectable President of AWF pointed out that most of the Asian lifters can potentially attain most of the medals in the course of the forthcoming Olympic Championships to be held in Beijing .
He reminded all AWF officials to share their feelings ,opinions, viewpoints with each other in every field associated with sport of Weightlifting. He expected them to support one person for another. Mr. .Moradi, honorable General Secretary of AWF and
Mr. President both reached an agreement on so many important matters after discussing a lot with the Executive Board members and other participants at that respective meeting.
Furthermore, the importance of taking more strict and serious measures has been declared on Doping Control issue. He stresses that the main duty and responsibility of all AWF technical officials is to pay attention discreetly and carefully to the Doping Control subject matter in the future.

Two new records set at Asian Youth (Boys ) Weightlifting Championships in Jordan

10.28.2007

At the beginning day of the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships which was held in Amman , Jordan two new records registered in the boys section . In 50 Kg category , NGUYEN Ngoc Trung representing Vietnam succeeded in lifting the 92 Kg barbell off the ground in snatch improving Asia record to 1 Kg . In the meantime another weightlifter from I.R. Iran ,Majid Askari managed to lift 198 Kg in total improving Asia record to 2 Kg .

The 50th anniversary of AWF foundation

10.28.2007

Surprisingly the 50th anniversary of the Asian Weightlifting Federation establishment will be celebrated by the next year 2008 . It is worth saying that fortunately during these 50 years the AWF has made an astonishing progress in the sport of Weightlifting in comparison with other Continental Federations .

Coincidence of two important sport event which will be held at the same time in 2008 , Kanazawa city

10.28.2007

At the Asian Congress which was held on October 27,2007 just before the beginning of Asian Youth &Junior Championships in Amman, Jordan The representative of Japan Weightlifting Association invited all national affiliated countries to take part in the forthcoming Asian Senior (38th Men’s and 20th Women’s) Weightlifting Championships to be held on April 23 – 2May ,2008 in Kanazawa city ,Japan.
Furthermore, the above Championships can be considered as the qualification for Beijing Olympic games either.

AWF Organizations to be more active and diligent

10.21.2007

The administrative and executive organizations and of AWF has achieved a prosperous and thriving success by electing some new members and maintaining a group of previous colleagues of it’s committees. Undoubtedly, this reality could be easily observed and seen in the course of the Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships held in Tai’an , China . The prominent and astonishing performance and management of the organizing committee of the above-mentioned competitions made it to be held so gloriously and magnificently. In the meantime, some important and necessary decisions have been made and measures taken to boost and improve the style of providing and producing the latest and valuable news regarding the sport of weightlifting both on the
AWF website and it’s magazine.
AWF website plans to keep all affiliated and member countries informed promptly of the most recent information and news relating to the sport of weightlifting
in order to be in close connection with all the people who are much interested in weightlifting throughout the world.
The aforesaid website is to provide the weightlifting enthusiasts and supporters with the most latest pedagogical , analytical and teaching methods accordingly to help the W sport to make an enormous and immense progress keeping up with the scientific and academic methods.
Meanwhile, the performance of active and advanced countries will definitely be more remarkable and noticeable than any other countries. According to the increasing and growing interest among the fans and supporters in the weightlifting ,it is necessary for the AWF organizations and it’s high-ranking dignitaries to make the best use of this great potential and talent available in the near future.
It is their responsibility (AWF organizations’) to solve all the existing problems dealing with sport of weightlifting . Furthermore, it is their duty to attentively observe the hard-working and active affiliated courtiers to encourage and motivate them to make a prosperous and enormous success in the field of weightlifting.
Naturally, the administrative and executive committees ‘ effort will be the most effective and efficient element in this way. It worth saying that , all the above-mentioned subject matters have been the most tangible facts implemented and accomplished by AWF committee members since the past months.

Syria , the third host to hold the Asian inter-club Weightlifting Championships

10.21.2007

The special right and has been allocated to Syria in order to hold and organize the forthcoming 2007 Asian inter-club Championships , according to a decision made by high-ranking dignitaries and officials of the AWF at an important meeting .
Asian inter-club Championships occurs once every year under the AWF observation and control to enhance and test the ability, skill and potential of the Asian lifters and athletes .
The athletes coming from various clubs in youth ,junior and senior section , will have a great opportunity and favorable chance to challenge and fight against their opponents , confirming and displaying their vigor and strength to each other. Before now, all of the participating countries used to take part in the Asian inter-club Championships with assistance and support given from two of their superior and selective team .
Since some strong countries like I.R. Iran , South Korea and China used to send their powerful and vigorous lifters to the competitions so that neither of the other athletes were not even able to win one of the top three medals except the representatives of the afore-mentioned countries.
AWF high-ranking dignitaries came to a conclusion that there is a vital need to reduce the existing number of participating team from two team to one in order to increase the number of fans and supporters of the competitions.
Anyway, this year , the inter-club competitions will be held in the middle of November.
The concession and right of holding the contests were dedicated to Syria .
May be it could help the unknown countries in the world of weightlifting sport to emerge and appear as one of the most renowned and famous countries in the near future. Undoubtedly , this would be considered as a pertinent and proper opportunity for them to be more and more experienced and skillful to take the responsibility for such a difficult task and burden until the next Championships .
It worth saying that, the last Asian inter-club Championships were held in South Korea and finally in senior’s category I.R. Iranian lifters successfully managed to win both the first and second winning place , achieving a prosperous victory.

President of Iraq WF met Mr. Ali Moradi, AWF Secretary General for discussions at AWF Secretariat office

10.04.2007

Mr.Salih Mohamed Kazem , Iraq WF President attended the AWF Secretariat office to have a discussion about different ways of developing and advancing the Weightlifting sport in Iraq by employing a dexterous and an experienced foreign coach .
Mr.Saleh expressed his praise and thanks for Mr. Moradi’s invaluable support in the world of sport of Weightlifting. Likewise, He willingly pointed out that his country is much interested in developing the bilateral ties between the two sides. Both of them highlighted and accentuated the development and improvement of the collaboration and cooperation.
Finally, at the end of the meeting , Secretary General of AWF submitted a token to President of Iraq WF for appreciation.