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Colombia and USA Dominate Pan American Weightlifting 04/26/21
(ATR) The first Pan American Weightlifting Championship organized in person in more than a year confirms that Colombia and the United States lead the way in the sport on the continent.
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Colombia garnered the most gold medals with a total of 22. Fourteen continental records were established, five of them by Colombians. US women also set five in the event held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
While Colombian men won 19 golds, the USA women topped the podium 13 times during the competition organized from April 19 to 25 by the Dominican Federation with the endorsement of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation (FPLP).
World Federation of Neurology Launches Global Brain Health Awareness Campaign
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LONDON, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The World Federation of Neurology is pleased to announce its launch of the Brain Health Initiative, a global campaign to promote the importance of brain health. This initiative centers upon free, comprehensive information on a variety of topics such as why brain health is important and what happens when brains are not healthy. The programming aims to reduce the burden of brain diseases and disorders, which are the second leading cause of death globally.
NEW YEAR S MESSAGE FROM THE FPLP 12/31/20
When optimism sealed the agenda of the new leadership of the Pan American Federation last February, we never imagined that chaos would endanger our dreams.
But the health crisis, at the same time, forced us to put into practice as never before, the main philosophy that we had raised before the elections: WORK AS A TEAM.
And when everything seemed to fall apart, that cooperation, with the essential participation of the athletes, has allowed us to reach today with the intention that despite adversity, immediate objectives in our management, such as equity in development plans of the national federations, were boosted.
Weightlifting in the Americas Still Alive Despite COVID-19 12/22/20
(ATR) The eventful year faced by the weightlifting family closed with messages of hope in the Americas through the best possible way: watching the athletes compete.
USA Weightlifting held virtual competition for nationals. (USAW)
The weightlifters of the Americas managed to keep their dreams alive through what 10 months ago was the unimaginable idea of online competitions.
After all of the national and international tournaments canceled or postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, December closes with the encouraging signs left by United States Weightlifting and the Pan American Weightlifting Federation in organizing online contests that, like everything celebrated for the first time, remain fixed in the sports memory.