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      <title>World Championships Silver For Eileen Cikamatana</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2617/world-championships-silver-for-eileen-cikamatana</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Just four months after the Paris Olympic Games, Eileen Cikamatana turned on a medal-winning performance at the World Championships.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
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      <category>2024</category>
      <category>Eileen Cikamatana</category>
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      <category>Paul Coffa</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2024-12-17 02:46:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>2024 IWF World Championships Team Selected</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2610/2024-iwf-world-championships-team-selected</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Memo announcing the selection of athletes to represent Australia at the 2024 IWF World Championships being held in Manama, Bahrain, in December.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
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      <category>Australian Teams</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>World Championships</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 04:17:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2024-09-12 04:17:59Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>2024 World Junior Championships Team Selected</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2602/2024-world-junior-championships-team-selected</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Australian Team for the 2024 IWF World Junior Championships.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
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      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>IWF Junior World Championships</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2024-07-23 00:52:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>2024 IWF World Cup</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2579/2024-iwf-world-cup</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Seven Australian athletes will compete at the 2024 IWF World Cup in a bid to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Paris 2024</category>
      <category>World Cup</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2024-03-27 17:54:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>IWF Grand Prix II - Selection Announcement</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2552/iwf-grand-prix-ii-selection-announcement</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please refer to the attached announcement for details of the Australian contingent participating in the IWF Grand Prix II (Olympic Qualification Event) in Doha, Qatar.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2023</category>
      <category>Australian Teams</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2023-11-10 04:07:24Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Double Bronze for Eileen Cikamatana</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2550/double-bronze-for-eileen-cikamatana</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Eileen Cikamatana took a big step towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a podium finish at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh this month.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>Eileen Cikamatana</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>World Cahmpionships</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2023-09-25 19:11:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Updated IWF TCRR</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2544/updated-iwf-tcrr</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please refer to some clarifications to the updated TCRR.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2023</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>TCRR</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2023-07-28 02:39:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>2023 IWF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS - PRELIMINARY ENTRIES</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2527/2023-iwf-world-youth-championships-preliminary-entries</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The preliminary entries for the 2023 IWF World Youth Championships are now available at&amp;nbsp;https://mf.iwf.sport/entry_list/&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2023</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>IWF Youth World Championships</category>
      <category>Preliminary Entries</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:46:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2023-03-01 01:46:54Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>IWF Honours Paul Coffa MBE</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2499/iwf-honours-paul-coffa-mbe</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;At a Special Congress of the International Weightlifting Federation held in Bogota Colombia this week, the IWF inducted AWF Life Member Paul Coffa MBE into the IWF Hall of Fame.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2022</category>
      <category>Hall of Fame</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2022-12-07 00:41:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Australian Team - 2022 World Championships</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2483/australian-team-2022-world-championships</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please find attached the announcement of the Australian Team for the 2022 IWF World Championships being held in Bogota, Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2022</category>
      <category>Australian Teams</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>World Championships</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 01:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <blog:publishedon>2022-10-17 01:47:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Australian Teams for the IWF World Championships and 2021 Commonwealth Championships</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2306/australian-teams-for-the-iwf-world-championships-and-2021-commonwealth-championships</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Australian Teams for the IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>World Championships</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 06:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2021-11-03 06:48:51Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>IOC Approves Revised Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Qualification System</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2282/ioc-approves-revised-tokyo-2020-olympic-games-qualification-system</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;IOC Approves Revised Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Qualification System&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Olympic Games</category>
      <category>Qualification</category>
      <category>Tokyo 2020</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 00:29:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2021-05-05 00:29:10Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Paris 2024 Olympic Games Event Program Announced</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2238/paris-2024-olympic-games-event-program-announced</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The executive board (EB) of the international Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Olympic Games</category>
      <category>Paris 2024</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2020-12-08 00:15:03Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Aussie Youths Prepare to Lift Online</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2234/aussie-youths-prepare-to-lift-online</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The IWF Online Youth World Cup, the biggest online weightlifting competition ever produced, has begun and over the next few days Australia&amp;rsquo;s four entrants will connect with their contemporaries around the world and compete in real time from their respective home bases.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>Australian Teams</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>IWF Online Youth World Cup</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2020-11-13 06:00:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Lifters Lose Sleep over Online Youth World Cup Schedule</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2225/lifters-lose-sleep-over-online-youth-world-cup-schedule</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Online Youth World Cup preliminary entries and schedule&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Peru</category>
      <category>Youth World Cup</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2225/lifters-lose-sleep-over-online-youth-world-cup-schedule</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2020-10-28 06:42:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Lawrence Townsend Appointed to IWF Anti-Doping Commission</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2215/lawrence-townsend-appointed-to-iwf-anti-doping-commission</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The International Weightlifting Federation has confirmed the appointment of Australian Lawrence (Lawrie) Townsend to the reformed IWF Anti-Doping Commission.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>imoir@awf.com.au (Ian Moir)</author>
      <blog:author>Ian Moir</blog:author>
      <category>Anti-Doping</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2020-10-07 22:00:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Australians are Virtually Ready to take on the World </title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2187/australians-are-virtually-ready-to-take-on-the-world</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Australian weightlifters Eileen Cikamatana and Matthew Lydement will join 120 athletes representing 32 countries to contest the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Uzbekistan Online Cup this weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2020</category>
      <category>Bowen Stuart</category>
      <category>Eileen Cikamatana</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Matthew Lydement</category>
      <category>Pedro Sanchez</category>
      <category>Phil Maunder</category>
      <category>Uzbekistan</category>
      <category>Virtual Competition</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2020-08-27 10:41:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Eileen Cikamatana  – Becomes Australian Citizen</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2031/eileen-cikamatana-becomes-australian-citizen</link>
      <description>We're pleased to announce that that Eileen Cikamatana became an Australian Citizen on the 11th of September, and has recently been cleared to compete internationally by the IWF as an Australian athlete.</description>
      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2019</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>Sam Coffa</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:32:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2019-09-25 07:32:34Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>MF Circular by IWF President and General Secretary</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2008/mf-circular-by-iwf-president-and-general-secretary</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please find attached a circular letter signed by IWF President and General Secretary&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2019</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/2008/mf-circular-by-iwf-president-and-general-secretary</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 00:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2019-05-16 00:22:00Z</blog:publishedon>
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      <title>Team Announcements - 2018 OWF-WJC</title>
      <link>https://www.awf.com.au/news/post/913/team-announcements-2018-owf-wjc</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="background: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px #333333; border-image: none; text-align: left; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal;"&gt;Please refer to the attachment containing details of the athletes and Team Support Personnel who will be representing the AWF at the 2018 Oceania Youth-Junior-Senior Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia and at the 2018 World Junior Championships taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>bstuart@awf.com.au (Australian Weightlifting Federation)</author>
      <blog:author>Australian Weightlifting Federation</blog:author>
      <category>2018</category>
      <category>High Performance</category>
      <category>IWF</category>
      <category>IWF Junior World Championships</category>
      <category>Oceania Championships</category>
      <category>Oceania Weightlifting Federation</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 14:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <blog:publishedon>2018-05-24 14:40:31Z</blog:publishedon>
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