Day: June 13, 2023

Bahrain has been chosen as host of the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.
Bahrain won over the other candidates, Armenia and Albania, in the presentation of bids during the IWF Executive Board meeting on June 12 at the Hotel Melia in Havana, Cuba.
The Cuban capital is currently hosting the first 2023 IWF Grand Prix until June 18.
The 2024 World Championships, scheduled in November/December in Manama City, will be the most important weightlifting event to be held in Bahrain after the 2022 Asian Championships.
Bahrain Weightlifting Federation president Eshaq Ebrahim Eshaq was a happy man after the outcome.
‘I sincerely thank the IWF Executive Board for the support and trust in our bid. We promise we will not disappoint you! We will deliver a top-class event and the entire IWF Family will live an unforgettable experience in Bahrain,’ Eshaq was quoted as saying in a news report from the IWF website.
The 2025 IWF World Championships had already been awarded to Forde in Norway in December 2021.
Meanwhile, among the important matters discussed in the two-day IWF Executive Board meeting presided by IWF President Mohammed Jalood were the approval of a motion specifying that the IWF may exclude countries from competing where doping tests could not be taken by the IWF or any Anti-Doping Organization with testing authority instructed by the IWF; update on the 2024-2032 IWF strategic plan, which will be submitted for approval at the IWF Congress in September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the 2023 IWF World Championships; and approval of a policy establishing that for international events, under the IWF umbrella, participation of member federations is subject to the payment of the accommodation, entry and anti-doping fees by no later than 10 days after the submission of final entries.
Also approved were the use of video replay system in IWF events and that athletes are not allowed to carry flags during medal ceremonies.
The Executive Board also finalized the IWF Constitution changes which will be submitted for Congress approval in September 2023.

Source: Philippines News Agency

Gilas Pilipinas has finally begun training for the FIBA World Cup.
However, as early as the first real practice on Monday night, injuries started taking a toll on the national team.
Only 10 players were present during the training session at the Meralco Gym in Pasig City — brothers Thirdy and Kiefer Ravena, Ange Kouame, June Mar Fajardo, AJ Edu, CJ Perez, Japeth Aguilar, Rhenz Abando, Chris Newsome and Poy Erram.
With Edu and Erram relegated to observer roles due to their respective lingering pains, Gilas called it a night after just an hour.
Some of the players not in attendance are also resting their own injuries
With the countdown to the Aug. 25 start getting nearer every day, coach Chot Reyes admitted that the injury woes have already disrupted their calendar for the buildup.
“It’s already affected the schedule. We’re already on a… the best way to put it is on a cramped schedule. But wala na tayong magagawa (we can’t do anything about it). The reality is that injuries are a part of it,” Reyes said at the conclusion of practice.
Adding to the early woes, Reyes confirmed that Carl Tamayo won’t join the national team practice for the FIBA World Cup.
Reyes said that the camp of the newly crowned Japan B.League champion relayed to them his decision earlier in the day.
“Today, we already got word that Carl Tamayo is going to beg off because he doesn’t think he’s going to be fully healthy to go through the entire process, and we respect that. So that’s one person less,” Reyes said after Gilas finally swung to practice at the Meralco Gym.
Reyes then bared that Tamayo has a knee injury, but he also allayed fears that it could be a dreaded one.
“His MRI (magnetic resonance image) did not show any significant injury, but I think he needs to get some work done on his knee. I think he needs to get some PRP (platelet-rich plasma) next week,” Reyes said.
While he added that Tamayo could join the practices as early as the week after his knee treatment, Reyes rued that Tamayo would not make it in time for Gilas’ Lithuanian trip.
Tamayo is one of the players Reyes included in his “23 for ’23” Gilas Cadets pool in 2018 and one of only six who eventually made the World Cup pool.
With him begging off, Gilas’ pool is now down to 20 players.
While Reyes said that he is open to call up more players to the Gilas pool, the concern is their upcoming Lithuanian trip.
“There’s no hard and fast number for the pool. We can always add guys or subtract guys from the pool. But the question is right now, we’re preparing for Lithuania, so I don’t think there’s enough time to get somebody in and get his visa for Lithuania,” Reyes said.
However, he added that the anticipation of injuries is the main reason behind putting up a pool.
“That’s why we have a pool because precisely of all these things,” Reyes said.

Source: Philippines News Agency