IWF General Secretary’s First Visit to Taiwan, Opening Opportunities for Future Cooperation
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) General Secretary Mohammed Hasan Jalood visited Taiwan for the first time and was accompanied by President Chang Chao-Kuo of the Republic of China Sports Federation and President Chang Yang Po-Lien of the Chinese Taipei Weightlifting Association (CTWA) on January 29, to pay a visit to Director General Kao Chin-Hsung of the Sports Administration (SA), Ministry of Education. Both sides conversed enthusiastically and General Secretary Jalood stated that: “Taiwan is a weightlifting heavyweight country and is especially renowned for its female weightlifters. I have always wanted to visit Taiwan and am really happy to finally have this chance to visit and engage in experience exchange and sharing with regards to the development of weightlifting in Taiwan.”
Although his visit to Taiwan was short, General Secretary Jalood was left with a deep impression of the development of weightlifting in Taiwan; he thanked the president of the CTWA for working tirelessly to promote the sport and nurture outstanding weightlifters for a long time. With Taiwan’s weightlifters achieving outstanding results in international events along with the support of the government and promotion effort by CTWA, General Secretary Jalood expressed the hope that Taiwan could enhance its role in the IWF by hosting international weightlifting events in the future.
Weightlifting is one of Taiwan’s key training sports for Tokyo 2020. The IWF General Secretary will also visit the National Sports Training Center and National Sport University, known as the cradle of weightlifters, to engage in in-depth exchange with important Taiwanese sport figures. He also stated that he will develop close cooperative relations with Taiwan in the future in order to strive together towards Tokyo 2020.
