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Weightlifting Weightlifting Team Leaders’ Guide Welcome! On behalf of the entire organising committee, it’s an honour to introduce this Team Leaders’ Guide for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I would like to thank everyone at the IOC, the international federations, the NOCs and all stakeholders and partners for their support in the creation of these guides, as well as in helping us in our preparations for the athletes and teams at Games time. We have been working for years to provide all the athletes with the best possible services and environments, in the Olympic Village as well as the competition and training venues, and to ensure their maximum performance at the first-ever Olympic Games in South America. Some of the highlights of this guide include: • Key dates and personnel • Information on the competition format and rules • Details on processes relating to competition and training • Specific venue facilities and services, including transport information and maps • General information on topics that are vital for all sports, such as medical services, doping control, accreditation and security We trust that this publication will assist you in your planning for Games time and your stay here in Rio de Janeiro. If you require any additional information that has not been included in this guide, please do not hesitate to contact Rio 2016 competition management at your competition or training venue, or the Sport Information Centre or NOC Services Centre in the Olympic Village. Rio 2016 is ready to deliver a one-of-a-kind Games, and we are more than proud to welcome you and the rest of the world! YOURS IN SPORT, RODRIGO GARCIA Director of Sport, Rio 2016 Organising Committee Contents Competition: Essentials ........................................................................................... 5 Key dates ....................................................................................................... 6 Rio 2016 competition management ....................................................... 6 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ...................................... 6 International Technical Officials (ITOs) .................................................. 7 Competition format ................................................................................... 9 Competition rules ....................................................................................... 10 Clothing and equipment ........................................................................... 10 Late Athlete Replacement Policy ............................................................. 12 Doping control ............................................................................................. 14 Sport information ....................................................................................... 15 Sport Viewing Room (SVR) ........................................................................ 17 Competition schedule ................................................................................ 18 Competition: General information ....................................................................... 20 Pre-competition procedures .................................................................... 21 Competition procedures ........................................................................... 21 Post-competition procedures .................................................................. 22 Competition: Venue information .......................................................................... 25 Key information ........................................................................................... 26 Venue access ................................................................................................ 26 Field of play .................................................................................................. 26 Venue facilities and services .................................................................... 26 Venue Accreditation Office (VAO) ........................................................... 28 Training ........................................................................................................................ 29 Key information ........................................................................................... 30 Venue access ................................................................................................ 30 Allocation/booking of training sessions ............................................... 30 Training facilities ......................................................................................... 31 Other venue facilities and services ......................................................... 31 Training Venue Passes (TVPs) ................................................................... 31 The Games .................................................................................................................. 33 Accreditation ................................................................................................ 34 Accreditation facilities ............................................................................... 34 Team Welcome Ceremonies ..................................................................... 36 Opening and Closing Ceremonies .......................................................... 36 Ticketing ........................................................................................................ 37 Transport ....................................................................................................... 38 Olympic Route Network (ORN) ................................................................ 41 Public transport ........................................................................................... 41 Village ............................................................................................................ 42 Security .......................................................................................................... 42 Recycling ........................................................................................................ 46 Electricity and adapters ............................................................................. 47 Rio 2016 ......................................................................................................... 47 Notes ........................................................................................................................... 53 Maps ........................................................................................................................... 55 Daily Competition Schedule ................................................................................... 62 COMPETITION: ESSENTIALS 6 | WEIGHTLIFTING Team Leaders’ Guide Competition: Essentials The Weightlifting competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be held from Saturday 6 August to Tuesday 16 August 2016 at Riocentro - Pavilion 2. A total of 260 athletes may take part in the Weightlifting competition. This figure comprises 147 male and 98 female athletes, plus five places — three male and two female — allocated to the host country and 10 tripartite commission places: six male and four female. Key dates 18 JULY 2016 Sport entries final deadline (23.59, GMT -3) Olympic Village official opening 24 JULY 2016 Start of official training Verification of final entries meeting (18.00) 4 AUGUST 2016 Weightlifting Technical Congress (20.00) 5 AUGUST 2016 (DAY 0) Olympic Games Opening Ceremony 6 AUGUST 2016 (DAY 1) Start of Weightlifting competition 11 AUGUST 2016 (DAY 6) Weightlifting rest day 16 AUGUST 2016 (DAY 11) End of Weightlifting competition 21 AUGUST 2016 (DAY 16) Olympic Games Closing Ceremony 24 AUGUST 2016 Olympic Village closes Rio 2016 competition management WEIGHTLIFTING MANAGER Pedro Meloni WEIGHTLIFTING SERVICES MANAGER Luis Leite WEIGHTLIFTING TECHNICAL OPERATIONS MANAGER Eduardo Villanova International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) PRESIDENT Dr. Tamás Aján HUN GENERAL SECRETARY Wenguang Ma CHN FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Nicu Vlad ROU 7 | WEIGHTLIFTING Team Leaders’ Guide Competition: Essentials Intarat Yodbangtoey THA Sam Coffa AUS VICE PRESIDENTS Alexander Gerasimenko RUS Jose Quinones PER Poh Eng Ong MAS Moira Lassen CAN Pyrros Dimas GRE Birendra Prasad Baishya IND Mohamed Jaloud IRQ EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS Dr. Michael Irani GBR David Montero BRA Dr. Christian Baumgartner GER Dr. Fathi Masmoudi TUN Mohamed Yousef Al Mana (AWF) QAT Khaled Mhalhel (WFA) LBA CONTINENTAL FEDERATION PRESIDENTS William Felix Ozuna (PAWF) DOM H.E. Marcus Stephen (OWF) NRU Dr. Antonio Urso (EWF) ITA Sam Coffa AUS TECHNICAL DELEGATES Attila Ádámfi HUN International Technical Officials (ITOs) Zukhra Abdullaeva UZB Mohammed Alshammari Jaloud IRQ Rosalio Alvarado Del Angel MEX Dogan Atlihan TUR Italo Barattini CHI Giorgio Braga ITA Reiko Chinen JPN Dominik Dörr GER Gardencia Du Plooy RSA Béla Fábik HUN Pascale Grimm-Feron FRA Mary Hancock GBR 8 | WEIGHTLIFTING Team Leaders’ Guide Competition: Essentials Richard Herrick USA Rock Huh KOR Georgeta Ion ROU Lawrence Iquaibom NIG Michael Irani Mehernoosh GBR Lisimoni Kami TGA Peter Krol CZE Taisto Kuoppala FIN Alexander Kurlovich BLR Don Mac Neill CAN Mahmoud Mahgoub EGY Garry Carradus Marshall NZL Diego German Martinez COL Fathi Masmoudi TUN Milan Mihajlovic SRB David Montero BRA Poh Eng Ong MAS Maritza Ortiz Liriano DOM Karl Rimbock GER Katharina Rimbock-Peya AUT Frank Robby PNG Roger Sadecki USA Katherine Saldana Mesia PER Jennifer Lynn
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