Federation Officials took part in the annual Congress of the IWF

The next IWF Congress was held in “The Grand Fourwings Convention Hotel”, in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 3. The Vice-President of AWF- Tofig Heydarov and General Secretary – Rizvan Rasulov participated in this Event that had Federation members from 80 countries.

Firstly, the participants were informed about the preparation for the organization and implementation of World Youth Championship, in Bangkok, on April 4-10. It was noted that, in this competition, total 445 athletes, including 248 young boys and 197 young girls from 57 countries, will compete

In addition, the following issues were discussed:

1. In 2016, the IWF entering and expenditure of the funds;
2. The expansion of ” Development program” projects with the future progress of weightlifting in Country Federations;
3. Gender equality (the number of women to be elected to the committees is compared to that of men, the same rule applies to the Referees);
4. To intensify the conditions of control and test related to the use of doping and to expand the educational work in this area.