Today, new president elections of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) were held in Bangkok, Thailand. The main candidates were Tomash Ajan from Hungary and Antonio Urso from Italy. Officials of the Azerbaijan Weightlifting Federation – Vice-president Tofig Heydarov, General Secretary Rizvan Rasulov and member of Presidium Fakhri Aghayev also took part in the voting. Tomash Ajan got 86 votes in the elections and won. His opponent won 61 votes. Ajan, who has been the IWF’s president for 12 years, will fulfill this task for 4 more years.
Azerbaijan Weightlifting Federation, its President Jahangir Askerov congratulates Tomash Ajan, who won the elections, wishes him success in his future activity and expresses his confidence that friendly relations between federations will continue.
