{"id":13809,"date":"2026-01-30T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=13809"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:19:00","slug":"iwf-president-congratulates-new-oca-president-international-weightlifting-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=13809","title":{"rendered":"IWF President congratulates new OCA President \u2013 International Weightlifting Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-43171\">&#13;<br \/>\n                            <time datetime=\"2026-01-30T13:04:04+00:00\" pubdate=\"\" class=\"date\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                January 30, 2026                            <\/time>&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-title\">IWF President congratulates new OCA President<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<section class=\"post-content\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The IWF President Mohammed Jalood was present at the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), earlier this week in Tashkent (UZB), and had the opportunity to personally congratulate the elected OCA President, HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani (QAT).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-43172\" src=\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCA1-1024x815.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCA1-1024x815.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCA1-300x239.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCA1-768x611.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/OCA1.jpeg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><em>IWF President Mohammed Jalood congratulates OCA President HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mr Jalood wished OCA and its new President the best success in the years to come, thus confirming the immense strength and potential of Asia in the Olympic Movement. The IWF President also emphasised the aspiration for unity, as per the vision of HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani \u2013 \u201cTogether for Asia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Mr Jalood ensured full support of the weightlifting community in the prosecution of the Olympic Council of Asia\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43141\" src=\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UZB2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UZB2.jpeg 1019w, https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UZB2-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UZB2-768x430.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                            <\/section>\n<p><!-- .post-content -->&#13;\n                        <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.iwf.sport\/2026\/01\/30\/iwf-president-congratulates-new-oca-president\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; January 30, 2026 &#13; IWF President congratulates new OCA President &#13; &#13; &#13; The IWF President Mohammed Jalood was present at the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), earlier this week in Tashkent (UZB), and had the opportunity to personally congratulate the elected OCA President, HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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