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The 2022 European Junior and U23 Championships, currently being held in Durres, Albania, has started very successfully. After three competition days, we have seen several new European and World records.In the second session of the competition, the excellent Mihaela Valentina Cambei (ROU), competing in the 49kg category, set three new Junior European records with the result of 87kg in Snatch, 102kg in Clean and Jerk, and a Total of 189kg. On day 2, we saw an amazing performance by Nina Sterckx (BEL), who previously won the 2022 IWF Junior World Championships and competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Sterckx set…

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The EWF Congress took place in Durres on October 14, 2022. In the presence of delegates from 30 different nations, the European Weightlifting Federation expressed its special appreciation to the host, Albanian Weightlifting Federation who conducted three significant events this year — the European Championship for Senior, the IWF Electoral Congress, and now the European Championship for Junior & U23. Reports on the work done between the two congresses were accepted, timeline for adopting the new EWF Constitution at the following congress’s session were announced, and the latest information about 2024 Olympic games were presented. The European Championship for Juniors…

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Mrs. Nadezda Masjukova was elected as acting president of the Estonia weightlifting federation after Dr. Margus Annuk left position as president. He will remain a member of the EWF Medical Committee.You can contact the Estonia Weightlifting Federation via email info@etl.ee, or through their website www.tosteliit.ee

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The first official biography of Greek 3-times Olympic champion (and one bronze medal) and VP of the IWF Executive Board is out in Greece. Telling the story of his life to journalist Nikos Efstathiou, who provides context in the roughly 350 pages of the book, Pyrros Dimas talks about authoritarianism, weightlifting, migration, Olympic success, and public service. The biography is already available in Greek and will hopefully also be translated in other languages in the near future.

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Santasport in Rovaniemi, Finland, welcomed the Nordic countries Oct. 8-9 to battle for Nordic titles. The best female performance was lifted by Finland’s Saara Retulainen in the women’s 59 kg category. After her personal best performance last week in Meissen with a 208kg total in the 64 kg category, she dropped down to 59 kg and posted a 89 kg snatch together with a 112 kg clean and jerk. Norway’s Ine Andersson won the title in the 64 kg category and posted second best Sinclair points of the weekend. Her best snatch was 86 kg and her best clean and…

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The EWF has received the most recent information on Covid test prices for the 2022 European Junior and U23 Championships. The AWF President and the AWF Executive Board discussed with the Ministry of Health following certain concerns from the national federations and decided to lower the cost of the COVID test from 50 EUR to 30 EUR due to the high volume of tests. The cost includes the medical staff, three shifts with 2 nurses, accommodation in case someone tests positive. Anyone who requires a test for departure after the competition can get one for free.NOTETHE FEDERATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID, AWF WILL…

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