News Letter 8/20/07
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Athletes Commission:
In a response during a discussion thread at Powerlifting Watch concerning the recently published TC News Letter No 5 2007, Inger Blikra (Speaker for the athletes’ commission) released the following "open letter" addressed to the IPF-Executive Committee:
To the IPF-EC
August 14, 2007
A letter from the Athletes commission to the IPF-EC
The lifters commission (from now on called the athletes’ commission according to the proposal for the congress about the commission) have been working by e-mail since early this summer. There have been a lot of good discussions, and a lot of suggestions/proposals. Here is a summary of the issues that right now are most important to us:
Most important of all for the athletes is fair play. We want competition on equal terms all over the IPF-world. The fight against doping in the sport is very important to us. We have been observing the development in the case with the suspensions of the Ukrainian and Russian federations, and were very surprised when the suspension was terminated before the set date. A lot of athletes all over the world were quite angry about the termination. The test result from these federations indicates that they are carrying out domestic in competition testing. But to our knowledge they still have a lot of work to do before they have established an out of competition testing programme complying with the standards of the Wada Code and the IPF Anti-Doping Rules, which they have to do according to the July press release.
One proposal from the commission is related to the desire of fair play. Currently if a country has a positive lifter at the worlds, they lose that position for the next two years at worlds (one positive male lifter would only allow the country to send a 9 man team to the following worlds versus 10). Currently 6 team members score team points. Today, if one of those 6 is positive, then their score is replaced by a lesser scoring teammate. Our proposal is that the team scoring is reduced by the number of positive lifters at that championship. If one is positive, then team scoring would be based on 5 team members, if two are positive, then scoring would be based on 4 team members, and so on.
The reputation of our sport is also important to us. Over the years powerlifting has been associated with doping, but during the last decade or so the IPF has managed to show the world that we are seriously fighting doping in our sport. It is important to keep the integrity of our sport with our doping guidelines highlighted. If other sports or activities are added to our championships (or other powerlifting events and competitions), it is important that only sports that holds the same standards of antidoping programme (complying with the standards of the Wada Code) is invited or added in.
Rules and specifications for the personal equipment (suits and shirts) should not be changed too often, that brings only costs (and confusion) for the lifters. The work that is done on material examination is difficult to understand, and the conclusions seem to be made a bit by the "name a number"-method. If all materials in use in approved equipment today will be legal with these specifications, it can be a useful tool to stop the flow of new materials. The main thing for the lifters is that we do not want more new shirts or new materials. And we do not want equipment that is approved today to be forbidden tomorrow. The lifters need time to settle down with the equipment, the constant "hunt" for the perfect suit or shirt take focus from the training. We fear that going back to materials with more elasticity will result only in downsized equipment that easily tear, and the risk of injuries increases.
The interval between the squat and the bencpress should be increased to 20 minutes when a lifting session consists of only one group. The IPF technical rulebook says: "If a lifting session consist of a single group, an interval of 15 minutes shall be allowed between the lifts. This is to ensure adequate time for warm up and platform organization". 15 minutes is not enough time to remove the squatsuit, warm up properly, put the shirt on and adjust the shirt. Many lifters have to skip the warm up to get ready in time, the result of this is a large risk of injuries (especially shoulders).
At all world and regional championships the organizer should provide a place and schedule for training during the championships (and the last days before the start of the championships). The combined men and women’s championships last for almost a week, and many of the athletes need training during that period. If needed, transport from hotel/venue to training should be provided by the organizer (depends on the distance).
These are all proposals from the athletes’ commission. We hope the EC will consider our proposals and bring them in for the congress.
Best regards
Inger Blikra
Speaker for the athletes’ commission
ADAU News:
The results from the Single Lift Nationals are now official. "One lifter tested positive and has been removed from the meet results and will be suspended from future participation in the ADAU."
IPA News:
Unofficial results from the Pro-Am meet in Zanesville, OH is provided by EliteFTS. $22,000 was given out in prize money.
IPF News:
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 Master's World Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Master's Bench Press Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Junior Powerlifting Championships
Technical News Bulletin No 5 2007 has been published. In this issue:
1) Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) and lock-out during the performance of the bench press.
2) Shoe/Boot inserts
3) New Cat I & II referees.
4) Technical Committee reports to the Congress. Notes the following:
-The en-bloc proposals to Congress 2006 that were passed "unanimously" was pleasing to the committee. This show of confidence was much appreciated.
-We have met with the Executive Committee on two occasions, discussing the future of the bench shirt, ( which, is an agenda item for this years congress ) the pros and cons relating to bench press rules and many aspects which may further enhance our sport.
-We are pleased to invite Joachim Lehmann (Germany) onto the committee, replacing Myriam Busselot ( Belgium ) who was elected Vice President for theEuropean Region.
Thanks to Myriam for all of her help in the past.
-The Technical Committee Bulletin published on the IPF web site and in the IPF magazine, ( thanks to Wim Wamsteeker and Dennis Unitt ), hopefully has provided information of benefit to all.
-E:mails have been answered punctually, most requesting interpretation or clarification of the rules.
-Apart from Titan, no apparel has been received from the manufacturers for approval within the time frame ending 31st May 2007. On approval, these items will become legal for use in IPF competition from the 1st April 2008. Approval has been given to " one or two" logos and a set of racks. Our relations with all remain as cordial as ever.
-Referee Registrar Goran Gunnarsson has forwarded the up-dated list of International Referees World Wide. We thank Goran for his dedication. Having recently been hospitalised ( now back at home we are glad to say ). We wish him well.
USAPL News:
George Marts has provided a web site address where he has placed approximately 2200 pictures that were taken at the '07 NAPF Championships (Thursday and Saturday only), '06 NAPF Championships Women's (afternoon session and the awards banquet), '07 Women's Nationals (all sessions), and the '06 Pacific Open.
USPF News:
John Sanchez has posted information for those wishing to purchase a "Ed Coan Tribute Poster" (as shown here at Maryland Powerlifting on 8/14/07)
THESE ARE LIMITED EDITION 24 X 30 INCH POSTERS.
This image is intended to be a tribute to recognize the phenomenal contributions that Ed Coan has provided to lifters throughout his 25 year career as a powerlifter. Ed knows no boundaries; he inspires lifters of all federations throughout the powerlifting world. Your 24 x 30 inch poster is an identical image of the tribute presented to Ed in Las Vegas.
THERE IS A $5 DISCOUNT PER POSTER ON MULTIPLE ORDERS. PRICE DOES INCLUDES SHIPPING!
$19.95 PER POSTER ($14.95 PER POSTER ON MULTIPLE ORDERS) VIA CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO:
Tim Bruner
4025 Duval, Apt # 2333
Austin TX 78759
Purchases can be made through Pay-Pal at Texas USPF.
Headlines-World & National News:
"Sam Byrd Sets New All-Time Squat Record." Sam Byrd squatted 1,050 pounds today at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Byrd breaks his former All-Time Record in the 198 class of 1,003 pounds with the effort.
"Amy Weisberger Sets 148 All-Time Total Record." Amy Weisberger totalled 1,454 pounds today (8/18) at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Weisberger's total is a 148 class All-Time Record. Dave Tate reports that she squatted 590 pounds, benched 350, and deadlifted 500 pounds.
"Sean Frankl Claims 198 Bench Record." Sean Frankl benched 760 pounds today at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. With the lift, Frankl surpasses Scott Sceppe's 198 class All-Time Record of 740 pounds.
"Brian Schwab" Breaks 148 Class All-Time Records." Brian Schwab benched 530 pounds and totalled 1,855 pounds today (8/19) at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Schwab's bench press surpasses Joe Ceklovsky's 525 pound bench press as the All-Time Record in the 148's. His total bests his own record of 1,836 pounds.
Updates and video from the IPA Pro-Am can be found at EliteFTS and Powerlifting Watch.
note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.
The message board is undergoing some changes. Take a look..., your comments are welcome!
Athletes Commission:
In a response during a discussion thread at Powerlifting Watch concerning the recently published TC News Letter No 5 2007, Inger Blikra (Speaker for the athletes’ commission) released the following "open letter" addressed to the IPF-Executive Committee:
To the IPF-EC
August 14, 2007
A letter from the Athletes commission to the IPF-EC
The lifters commission (from now on called the athletes’ commission according to the proposal for the congress about the commission) have been working by e-mail since early this summer. There have been a lot of good discussions, and a lot of suggestions/proposals. Here is a summary of the issues that right now are most important to us:
Most important of all for the athletes is fair play. We want competition on equal terms all over the IPF-world. The fight against doping in the sport is very important to us. We have been observing the development in the case with the suspensions of the Ukrainian and Russian federations, and were very surprised when the suspension was terminated before the set date. A lot of athletes all over the world were quite angry about the termination. The test result from these federations indicates that they are carrying out domestic in competition testing. But to our knowledge they still have a lot of work to do before they have established an out of competition testing programme complying with the standards of the Wada Code and the IPF Anti-Doping Rules, which they have to do according to the July press release.
One proposal from the commission is related to the desire of fair play. Currently if a country has a positive lifter at the worlds, they lose that position for the next two years at worlds (one positive male lifter would only allow the country to send a 9 man team to the following worlds versus 10). Currently 6 team members score team points. Today, if one of those 6 is positive, then their score is replaced by a lesser scoring teammate. Our proposal is that the team scoring is reduced by the number of positive lifters at that championship. If one is positive, then team scoring would be based on 5 team members, if two are positive, then scoring would be based on 4 team members, and so on.
The reputation of our sport is also important to us. Over the years powerlifting has been associated with doping, but during the last decade or so the IPF has managed to show the world that we are seriously fighting doping in our sport. It is important to keep the integrity of our sport with our doping guidelines highlighted. If other sports or activities are added to our championships (or other powerlifting events and competitions), it is important that only sports that holds the same standards of antidoping programme (complying with the standards of the Wada Code) is invited or added in.
Rules and specifications for the personal equipment (suits and shirts) should not be changed too often, that brings only costs (and confusion) for the lifters. The work that is done on material examination is difficult to understand, and the conclusions seem to be made a bit by the "name a number"-method. If all materials in use in approved equipment today will be legal with these specifications, it can be a useful tool to stop the flow of new materials. The main thing for the lifters is that we do not want more new shirts or new materials. And we do not want equipment that is approved today to be forbidden tomorrow. The lifters need time to settle down with the equipment, the constant "hunt" for the perfect suit or shirt take focus from the training. We fear that going back to materials with more elasticity will result only in downsized equipment that easily tear, and the risk of injuries increases.
The interval between the squat and the bencpress should be increased to 20 minutes when a lifting session consists of only one group. The IPF technical rulebook says: "If a lifting session consist of a single group, an interval of 15 minutes shall be allowed between the lifts. This is to ensure adequate time for warm up and platform organization". 15 minutes is not enough time to remove the squatsuit, warm up properly, put the shirt on and adjust the shirt. Many lifters have to skip the warm up to get ready in time, the result of this is a large risk of injuries (especially shoulders).
At all world and regional championships the organizer should provide a place and schedule for training during the championships (and the last days before the start of the championships). The combined men and women’s championships last for almost a week, and many of the athletes need training during that period. If needed, transport from hotel/venue to training should be provided by the organizer (depends on the distance).
These are all proposals from the athletes’ commission. We hope the EC will consider our proposals and bring them in for the congress.
Best regards
Inger Blikra
Speaker for the athletes’ commission
ADAU News:
The results from the Single Lift Nationals are now official. "One lifter tested positive and has been removed from the meet results and will be suspended from future participation in the ADAU."
IPA News:
Unofficial results from the Pro-Am meet in Zanesville, OH is provided by EliteFTS. $22,000 was given out in prize money.
IPF News:
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 Master's World Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Master's Bench Press Championships.
Nominations have been posted for the 2007 World Junior Powerlifting Championships
Technical News Bulletin No 5 2007 has been published. In this issue:
1) Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) and lock-out during the performance of the bench press.
2) Shoe/Boot inserts
3) New Cat I & II referees.
4) Technical Committee reports to the Congress. Notes the following:
-The en-bloc proposals to Congress 2006 that were passed "unanimously" was pleasing to the committee. This show of confidence was much appreciated.
-We have met with the Executive Committee on two occasions, discussing the future of the bench shirt, ( which, is an agenda item for this years congress ) the pros and cons relating to bench press rules and many aspects which may further enhance our sport.
-We are pleased to invite Joachim Lehmann (Germany) onto the committee, replacing Myriam Busselot ( Belgium ) who was elected Vice President for theEuropean Region.
Thanks to Myriam for all of her help in the past.
-The Technical Committee Bulletin published on the IPF web site and in the IPF magazine, ( thanks to Wim Wamsteeker and Dennis Unitt ), hopefully has provided information of benefit to all.
-E:mails have been answered punctually, most requesting interpretation or clarification of the rules.
-Apart from Titan, no apparel has been received from the manufacturers for approval within the time frame ending 31st May 2007. On approval, these items will become legal for use in IPF competition from the 1st April 2008. Approval has been given to " one or two" logos and a set of racks. Our relations with all remain as cordial as ever.
-Referee Registrar Goran Gunnarsson has forwarded the up-dated list of International Referees World Wide. We thank Goran for his dedication. Having recently been hospitalised ( now back at home we are glad to say ). We wish him well.
USAPL News:
George Marts has provided a web site address where he has placed approximately 2200 pictures that were taken at the '07 NAPF Championships (Thursday and Saturday only), '06 NAPF Championships Women's (afternoon session and the awards banquet), '07 Women's Nationals (all sessions), and the '06 Pacific Open.
USPF News:
John Sanchez has posted information for those wishing to purchase a "Ed Coan Tribute Poster" (as shown here at Maryland Powerlifting on 8/14/07)
THESE ARE LIMITED EDITION 24 X 30 INCH POSTERS.
This image is intended to be a tribute to recognize the phenomenal contributions that Ed Coan has provided to lifters throughout his 25 year career as a powerlifter. Ed knows no boundaries; he inspires lifters of all federations throughout the powerlifting world. Your 24 x 30 inch poster is an identical image of the tribute presented to Ed in Las Vegas.
THERE IS A $5 DISCOUNT PER POSTER ON MULTIPLE ORDERS. PRICE DOES INCLUDES SHIPPING!
$19.95 PER POSTER ($14.95 PER POSTER ON MULTIPLE ORDERS) VIA CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO:
Tim Bruner
4025 Duval, Apt # 2333
Austin TX 78759
Purchases can be made through Pay-Pal at Texas USPF.
Headlines-World & National News:
"Sam Byrd Sets New All-Time Squat Record." Sam Byrd squatted 1,050 pounds today at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Byrd breaks his former All-Time Record in the 198 class of 1,003 pounds with the effort.
"Amy Weisberger Sets 148 All-Time Total Record." Amy Weisberger totalled 1,454 pounds today (8/18) at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Weisberger's total is a 148 class All-Time Record. Dave Tate reports that she squatted 590 pounds, benched 350, and deadlifted 500 pounds.
"Sean Frankl Claims 198 Bench Record." Sean Frankl benched 760 pounds today at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. With the lift, Frankl surpasses Scott Sceppe's 198 class All-Time Record of 740 pounds.
"Brian Schwab" Breaks 148 Class All-Time Records." Brian Schwab benched 530 pounds and totalled 1,855 pounds today (8/19) at the IPA Cincinnati Pro-Am in Zanesville, Ohio. Schwab's bench press surpasses Joe Ceklovsky's 525 pound bench press as the All-Time Record in the 148's. His total bests his own record of 1,836 pounds.
Updates and video from the IPA Pro-Am can be found at EliteFTS and Powerlifting Watch.
note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.
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