No.142 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of INTERNATIONAL WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION WEIGHTLIFTING
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No.142 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF INTERNATIONAL WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION WEIGHTLIFTING KUO HSING-CHUN, TPE, 142kg Clean and Jerk in 58kg: The year’s first and so far only women’s world record was set by the local favourite at the Taipei2017 Universiade 2017TUOC PHOTO: 2017 ANAHEIM WWC 2017 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TAIPEI2017 CONTINENTAL PREVIEW TOKYO UNIVERSIADE CHAMPIONSHIPS Published by International Weightlifting Federation DR. TAMÁS AJÁN IWF President IOC Honorary Member MOHAMMED JALOOD IWF General Secretary Editor-in-Chief KORNÉL JANCSÓ Senior Editor ANIKÓ NÉMETH-MÓRA Communication Director LILLA ROZGONYI CONTENTS No. 142 Photos JÓZSEF SZAKA 02-03 | FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT Art Editor 04 | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH IWF GENERAL SECRETARY Crazy Panda Studio MOHAMMED JALOOD Graphic Design Marcell Studio 05-20 | 2017 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, TOKYO (www.marcelltamas.hu) 22-24 | RETURN TO AMERICA – 2017 ANAHEIM WWC PREVIEW Spanish & Russian Editions DAVID COLON ARROYO 25 | INTERVIEW – KARYN MARSHALL MARINA SHAFIT ÁGNES LUKÁCSFALVI 26-31 | 2017 TAIPEI UNIVERSIADE 32-35 | SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OF WEIGHTLIFTING AT AIMAG, ASHGABAT Printed by TypoNova (www.typonova.hu) 36-38 | AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, VACOAS All communications: 40-42 | PAN AMERICAN CHAMPONSHIPS, MIAMI [email protected] www.iwf.net 44-45 | ELEIKO EUROPEAN AND OPEN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, HALMSTAD facebook.com/iwfnet twitter.com/iwfnet 46-47 | DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION instagram.com/iwfnet youtube.com/iwfmedia 48 | TECHNICAL CORNER Any articles, results or photos published in WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING may be reproduced without the written consent of the IWF, however, reference should be made to this publication. ISSN 0230-3035 WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING / 1 › FOREWORD FOREWORD Dear Readers, Dear Friends, ne of the hottest topics in international sports circles today is the so-called “good governance”. Essentially, it comprises the criteria and the best practices of bringing international sport’s management and governance to a higher level from all points of view. The awareness of a need to step forward in this area received a push especially following the election of Thomas Bach to President of the International Olympic Committee. The problems that are waiting to be ad- Odressed originate from the different pace the various areas and spheres of the international sport envi- ronment have been developing and evolving at. A different range of issues keeps emerging in the International Sport Federations from those surfacing in the International Olympic Committee or in other sport-related organisations – governance, control, financial, moral, ethical, anti-doping or other – yet many of those are common for all entities. If not for another reason, a harmonization would be highly desirable between and within the individual organisa- tions. As far as I am concerned, I am committed to achieving significant improvement within the IWF in rela- tion to our affiliated Member Federations. We have 192 national members and a harmonization of the standards of good governance is imminent – in their own interest and in a global interest. When coming to the job to be done we must have a special focus on the five Continental Federations and the nearly two dozens of Regional Federations where the issues of governance, control and management are to be ap- proached in many different ways, at varying levels. The IWF Executive Board gave an example of good governance at its meeting in Bucharest when making the epic decision of implementing the one-year ban on nine Federations producing multiple doping offences at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games 2 / WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING s far as the IWF is concerned, we have already started this procedure and can record signifi- cant achievements in the field of good governance. That is proven by a survey made of all the International Sports Federations by a party outside weightlifting, the ASOIF – the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations – at which the IWF received a very high and positive rating. However, an organisation can only be judged as overall well-managed and transparent if Aits constituents are also well-managed and transparent. And a study where we applied the same – objective – criteria for the entities within our own family (continental, regional, national federations) yet fails to give a satisfactory picture. Therefore, the process of improvement must be started, as soon as possible, in relation to our constituents, the Member Federations, and, with even more priority, towards the Continental and Regional Federations. Why? – At the time of the foundation of the 5 Continental Federations (in four of which I was the founder) the circumstances and the international sporting environment were absolutely different. In its early days almost five decades ago, the European Federation, for instance, founded in 1969, used to work in an entirely different structure, with different concepts and objectives from those of today, in 2017. The same refers to the Oceania Federation created in 1980 or the Weightlifting Federation of Africa established in 1978. The Asian and the Pan-American Federations have also experienced massive changes in their environment both outside and inside these organisations. Naturally, I respect the individual features of each of these Federations as regards their cultural, historic, professional-technical, sporting traditions and heritages. Yet, in the recent fundamental transformations significant differences have developed in the sport entailing major variations also between the Continents in terms of sporting success. The different levels have to be evaluated and acknowledged, however, the same criteria of good management, governance, financial transparency and reliability, and in particular the anti- doping activities must be applied for all. I consider this process as very important and opportune. It deserves our immediate attention and we are planning to put this on the agenda of the Executive Board and upcoming meetings and Congress in Ana- heim. All of that should be treated in conjunction with the IWF Development Program, a project judged universally as a success story evolving for the last 12 years. We must find a way and create the opportuni- ties for standardization and find new answers to the question: How to best develop weightlifting on a global scale? The subject is complex, needing a basic document for discussion – that to be elaborated by a Work- ing Group and finally subject for approval by the Congress. DR. TAMÁS AJÁN IWF PRESIDENT The IWF Executive Board gave an example of good governance at its meeting in Bucharest when making the epic decision of implementing the one-year ban on nine Federations producing multiple doping offences at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING / 3 › INTERVIEW TEXT: ANIKO NEMETH-MORA IWF GENERAL SECRETARY MOHAMMED JALOOD “WE ARE FAMILY” His election at Bangkok to General Secretary of the IWF with overwhelming majority may have surprised some, but not those aware of his diligence and full dedication to the sport of weightlifting. He is known for wanting to help everybody everywhere. He is an extremely friendly man and seems to know everyone. But do we really know him? Hardly. Our Exclusive Interview is trying to bring this hard-working and enthusiastic official closer to the Weightlifting Community he likes to call “Family”. WW: Where were have supported and believed in me and in my philosophy I feel you born and where I must work as a servant to the people who have helped me to did you spend your achieve this position. I try to help the entire weightlifting commu- childhood? nity as much as I can. MJ: I was born on July 1st, 1961 in Babylon – an ancient city-state of “I TRY TO HELP THE ENTIRE Mesopotamia, fifty-five miles south of mod- WEIGHTLIFTING COMMUNITY ern-day Baghdad, Iraq. When I was 6 years old, AS MUCH AS I CAN.” we moved from Baby- lon to Baghdad with my family where I spent my childhood. WW: What is for you the most critical issue in today’s weightlift- ing? WW: What was your first contact with sport? Which was your MJ: Doping is a critical problem in the sport of weightlifting nowa- favourite sport and how did you get to weightlifting? days. We, all of the members of the Executive Board, are trying to MJ: When I was 7 years old, I used to like playing football very solve this problem. We are all working on it and our main aim is to much. After that, I became interested in volleyball. In 1974, when I keep our sport clean and save it in the Olympic program. was 13 years old, my friends introduced me to weightlifting and I really liked it. I learnt the correct techniques of how to lift bar- WW: What do you think is the difference between your last job bells, and in 1979 I participated in the Asian Youth Weightlifting as AWF General Secretary and being International Federation Championships in Manila, Philippines where I won a bronze medal. General Secretary? MJ: According to my view, in our weightlifting family we have five WW: What are the major milestones in your sport-diplomatic children – I mean the five continents. I love all my children equally; career? before I was General Secretary at the AWF, and now the IWF: it is a MJ: In 1989, I became the General Secretary of the Iraq Weightlift- big family indeed. There are no borders between us as we respect ing Federation and the Baghdad Weightlifting Club. In 1996, each other; we all work diligently to show that the sport of weight- I became President of both of these organisations. Then, in 2003, lifting is very strong and dear to the world. In a family it is import- I became Treasurer of the Iraq National Olympic Committee. ant to have people to resort to for advice. When I need to resolve I fulfilled the position of General Secretary of the Asian Weightlift- urgent questions, I consult with experienced people and discuss ing Federation from 2002-2015 and also General Secretary of the with them.