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IOC to Deliver Decision on IPF Recognition

Submitted by Staff on November 17, 2008 - 4:28pm.

At the annual IPF Congress meeting on November 3, it was announced that on December 15 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will present the IPF with its decision on whether they will recognize the sport of powerlifting, and, as its representative, the IPF.

Recognition may not result in actual inclusion into the Olympic Games but does move it closer to that possibility. Recognition does enable powerlifting to belong to some International Associations of sports and be part of the Olympic Congress. The IPF logo and flag will also be included in IOC publications and displays.

IOC recognition is good for two years.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 4:55pm. » quote

I know many people are torn on this issue...but I for one am excited and hopeful for this decision.

Submitted by dave in sc (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 5:01pm. » quote

I dont lift in the ipf/usapl. Im a multi-ply enhanced lifter but I think it would be good for the sport as a whole to get more recognition like this. Good luck guys!

Submitted by Tim"THEPEOPLESCHAMP" Bruner (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 5:28pm. » quote

I can see it now...

THE PEOPLES-OLYMPIC-CHAMP BRUNER

WWWHOOOWWWWWWWWWWW

Submitted by Eric B. (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 5:29pm. » quote

I hope for the sake of the sport that we are afforded recognition no matter what the degree. Best of luck IPF.

Submitted by 6 Pack Lapadat on November 17, 2008 - 6:00pm. » quote

Interesting.

It could change a lot for the sport. Depends if it gets picked up by internation games like the Pan-ams ect.

Submitted by Anonymous on November 17, 2008 - 6:23pm. » quote

I think it would be great to have IPF Powerlifting in the Olympics, it would help the other federations as well. Sports like boxing have a succsessful "Profesianal" non-olympic branch. Everyone would know what powerlifting is if the IPF was acsepted into the olympics, this can only help Powerlifting in general.

Submitted by jadair0200 on November 17, 2008 - 6:33pm. » quote

i still would love for there to be a raw category if it is included

Submitted by Mick Manley on November 17, 2008 - 6:34pm. » quote

whats the yipf? are they new?

Submitted by jeremy (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 6:41pm. » quote

Will the IPF have full control? Is there still a chance that we could see raw Olympic powerlifting?

Submitted by 6 Pack Lapadat on November 17, 2008 - 7:54pm. » quote

As the other posters have mentioned, I'd also like to see a raw division in the Olympics, but like every one else any powerlifting in the Olympics is great to me.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 8:43pm. » quote

6 Pack Lapadat wrote:

Interesting.

It could change a lot for the sport. Depends if it gets picked up by internation games like the Pan-ams ect.

The IPF is already a part of the World Games which is supported by the IOC.

Submitted by Gratton (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 8:48pm. » quote

This ain't gonna happen...What a pipe dream

IOC recognition will only mean more funding for drug testing and maybe a few bucks to give to World Team members.Weightlifting is IN the Olympics and any weightlifter i've met is starving and broke and totally unrecognized.

Its an absolute must for the IPF to eliminate shirts and suits.With then IPF has zero credibility in the IOC i believe.

The X Games is where its at:)

Submitted by Thom (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 9:00pm. » quote

Tim Would be allowed to compete. I bet he could win it all. Any one else seen the ringer????

Submitted by Gratton (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 10:06pm. » quote

I bet alot of USAPL lifters would flunk the test is they were actually tested..

Submitted by Eliot Feldman (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 11:18pm. » quote

Gratton wrote:

I bet alot of USAPL lifters would flunk the test is they were actually tested..

I have personally tested many of our top lifters and sent the tests off to the lab myself. They also pass the tests given to them by WADA be them OMT, at the Arnold or at Worlds. If you don't like the USAPL, CPU or the IPF that is your choice, but be careful not to impune others' character as it may draw your's into question.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 17, 2008 - 11:23pm. » quote

There are three things in like that are inevitable.

Death
Taxes
Gratton talking garbage

Submitted by Putt Houston on November 17, 2008 - 11:56pm. » quote

Tim"THEPEOPLESCHAMP" Bruner wrote:

I can see it now...

THE PEOPLES-OLYMPIC-CHAMP BRUNER

WWWHOOOWWWWWWWWWWW

Tim, that is THE FUNNIEST SHIT I EVER READ!!!

i LOVED THAT...........

Putt Houston

Submitted by Hein (not verified) on November 18, 2008 - 12:55am. » quote

I would love to see Powerlifting in the Olympics, that is the ultimate place to go for a sportsman! Good luck IPF!!!

Submitted by Gratton (not verified) on November 18, 2008 - 1:00am. » quote

Feldman,

Are u an active lifter?If u are you can't test lifters and expect us to accept that and believe its impartial

Also why is it ok for people to bash Bruner but when anyone bashes the IPF i'm talking garbage LOL..

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 18, 2008 - 1:28am. » quote

Eliot Feldman wrote:

Gratton wrote:

I bet alot of USAPL lifters would flunk the test is they were actually tested..

Thanks Elliot

I have been tested 6 times by USA Powerlifting(once was a WADA test) and passed them all!
If you play the rules there are no problems.
USA Powerlifting does it right and I hope we get into the Olympics.

Submitted by Regina Hackney on November 18, 2008 - 8:35am. » quote

Gratton wrote:

I bet alot of USAPL lifters would flunk the test is they were actually tested..

What makes you think the USAPL lifters are not tested? I personally see a copy, and post on our data base, of the lab reports on each of the lifters tested. I, also, test most of the females at national meets, so don't tell me that we don't test our lifters.

Regina

Submitted by NASAKYCHAIRMAN on November 18, 2008 - 8:43am. » quote

I would like to see IPF in the Olympic because it would help bring more world wide recognition and more major sponsors to Powerlifting!

TRAIN HARD
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Submitted by NASAKYCHAIRMAN on November 18, 2008 - 8:46am. » quote

Regina Hackney wrote:

Gratton wrote:

I bet alot of USAPL lifters would flunk the test is they were actually tested..

Regina

Since 2006, I have been tested 3 times by USAPL and passed each test! It's easy to pass the test when you are truly drug-free!

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Submitted by Regina Hackney on November 18, 2008 - 10:56am. » quote

:Since 2006, I have been tested 3 times by USAPL and passed each test! It's easy to pass the test when you are truly drug-free!"

You got that right, J.T., only the dirty lifters worry about drug testing. The drug free lifters can sleep worry free at night.

Regina

Submitted by NASAKYCHAIRMAN on November 18, 2008 - 11:13am. » quote

Regina Hackney wrote:

:Since 2006, I have been tested 3 times by USAPL and passed each test! It's easy to pass the test when you are truly drug-free!"

You got that right, J.T., only the dirty lifters worry about drug testing. The drug free lifters can sleep worry free at night.

Regina

I sleep good in my Inzer T-shirt(lol)

TRAIN HARD
"BIG WILLIE" J.T. HALL
BENCH PRESS VIDEOS
INZER ADVANCE DESIGNS
BMF SPORTS
USP LABS
ADRENALINE GEAR

Submitted by Rob Taylor (not verified) on November 18, 2008 - 12:44pm. » quote

Gratton wrote:

Feldman,

Are u an active lifter?If u are you can't test lifters and expect us to accept that and believe its impartial

Also why is it ok for people to bash Bruner but when anyone bashes the IPF i'm talking garbage LOL..

I assume by your logic that active lifters cannot referee either.

Submitted by SP (not verified) on November 18, 2008 - 10:46pm. » quote

I'm all for it. Fingers crossed

Submitted by Andrew Cominos (not verified) on November 19, 2008 - 4:03am. » quote

You got that right, J.T., only the dirty lifters worry about drug testing. The drug free lifters can sleep worry free at night.

Regina

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Some drug users probably don't worry about testing at all, given that they are so far ahead of the game. Does anyone seriously believe that the only users across Olympic sports are the ones that test positive? There are more incentives than ever before for Olympic competitors to use drugs - and more reasons than ever to avoid getting caught. Likely result? More drugs - less detection. The Olympics were already rotten with drugs as far back as 1972 - a full 12 years before the games went fully "commercial". God knows what is happening these days. As far as drugs are concerned the Olympics are poisonous, and any genuine drug-free lifters who like the sound of getting involved need to be aware that they run the risk of getting poisoned. Drug-free lifters clamouring for the Olympics are like turkeys voting for Christmas.

Submitted by phreak on November 19, 2008 - 5:17am. » quote

Andrew Cominos wrote:

Drug-free lifters clamouring for the Olympics are like turkeys voting for Christmas.

Nicely put. :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 19, 2008 - 5:58am. » quote

Personally I think IPF is the only legit federation to be accepted into the olympics. I don't think they should get rid of the suits and shirts because honestly they do protect you. If you ask any raw lifters about their shoulders and knees, first thing they do is cry. So while lifting in the suits and shirts still causes joint stress it definetly saves them from injury for the most part. I know that when I use a shirt my shoulder doesnt hurt and I have a rotator problem. I just feel that IPF being the strictest out there on the scene they should be put into the olympics. There are no gimme records in IPF, either you get it or don't, unlike many other federations that seeing a squat above parallel they still give it to the lifter if it was a lot of weight. Follow the rules. IPF is the creme de le creme in the powerlifting world. They are a formal meet setting, they don't make it play time like other federations with blasting music and the likes. {APF}

Submitted by Regina Hackney on November 19, 2008 - 7:10am. » quote

Andrew Cominos wrote:

You got that right, J.T., only the dirty lifters worry about drug testing. The drug free lifters can sleep worry free at night.

Regina

Andrew said:

Andrew,

You have taken my remarks out of context. JT and I were talking about worrying about taking a drug test, not whether the Olympics are drug free. I will say it again, Drug free lifters don't lose sleep about taking a drug test.

Regina

Submitted by Anonymous IPF lifter (not verified) on November 19, 2008 - 3:10pm. » quote

What's more, the Olympics are still finding drug failures well after the event has concluded. Sadly the fact is that money is involved - and that draws cheating.

I do not believe PL should be in the Olympics. It might be the final death blow to any hope of keeping our sport alive. OL has not prospered from inclusion, far from it.

PL is not for everybody and our inclusion would be at the expense of another sport who would aggressively seek to oust us again. We might replace OL as the 2 am and never shown in its entirety or when anybody tunes in who might want to try it is watching. Baseball and softball were removed and I suspect they have a better chance of returning than we do of coming in.

And where is the funding going to come from for this inclusion? And how many lifters will get this opportunity? OL gets TWO LIFTERS from USA. Each gender. That's it.

The IOC and its demands are not worth the expense to the lifter who aspires to someday have records or compete at the national or world level. With the world economy sagging, how can IPF justify using its money to get in the door, without any promise of participation or actual TV air time?

Submitted by Robert Taylor (not verified) on November 19, 2008 - 6:59pm. » quote

Anonymous IPF lifter wrote:

What's more, the Olympics are still finding drug failures well after the event has concluded. Sadly the fact is that money is involved - and that draws cheating.

I do not believe PL should be in the Olympics. It might be the final death blow to any hope of keeping our sport alive. OL has not prospered from inclusion, far from it.

And where is the funding going to come from for this inclusion? And how many lifters will get this opportunity? OL gets TWO LIFTERS from USA. Each gender. That's it.

You are obviously making this statement from a purely American perspective. OLing is prospering in the rest of the world. As an IPF lifter who has traveled the world competing internationally, you of all people should know this fact. The IPF getting into, or not getting into, the Olympics will not effect any other federation. The IPF in the Olympics will not kill the APF. It is a ridiculous argument. Grass roots lifters in the USAPL or CPU will not notice any difference. The rules will remain pretty much the same. DTing will continue.

The reason that the US has so few lifters in OLing is that we are not very good. We would have a full contingent of lifters as we do in the World Games. It is likely that the World Games model, which is affiliated with the IOC, would be used in the Olympics. Remember, the December vote is not whether PLing will be accepted in the Olympics, but whether the IPF will be accepted as a full IOC member federation.

Full acceptance by the IOC will allow the USAPL to fall under the USOC banner thereby becoming eligible for USOC, public, private and charitable funds. You attempt to speak as an authority but many of your "facts" do not stand up to close examination.

Submitted by Gratton (not verified) on November 19, 2008 - 10:48pm. » quote

I am not sure if O lifting is prospering in the rest of the world..I see no evidence of this.

Powerlifting being accepted into IOC will encourage more drug use.

More prestige = cheating

The question is what 'if'IPF does not get the vote in Dec?Is this the final death blow for the Olympic Dream?

X Games :)))

Submitted by Bob Roberts (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 9:23am. » quote

Gratton wrote:

I am not sure if O lifting is prospering in the rest of the world..I see no evidence of this.

Hard to see the rest of the world from a jail cell window.

Submitted by Gratton (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 2:58pm. » quote

Ya Bob it sure is..Glad you are so perfect.

At least i don't try and hide things like some LOL.We used to stab the pedophiles in the big house.Seems the USAPL likes to have them coach the teenagers.

U and Christ have something in common Bob WOW!

Submitted by Bob Roberts (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 4:42pm. » quote

Gratton wrote:

Ya Bob it sure is..Glad you are so perfect.

At least i don't try and hide things like some LOL.We used to stab the pedophiles in the big house.Seems the USAPL likes to have them coach the teenagers.

U and Christ have something in common Bob WOW!

It is hypocritical of you to stand in judgement of the powerlifting world and then accuse others when they point out your flaws. Hmmmmm! Maybe prison doesn't rehabilitate?