Category: ARMWRESTLING
VIDEO: WAL 503 All Matches, All rounds
Source: Bleacher Report Live
Malka on YouTube:
” Justin Bishop Vs. Mike “crazy eyes” Selearis
Round 1 10:46
Round 2 12:34
Round 3 16:16
Tom Holland Vs. Janis Amolins
Round 1 25:47
Round 2 29:26
Round 3 33:57
Valerie Beach Vs. Nancy Locke
Round 1 44:15
Round 2 45:54
Round 3 49:41
Round 4 51:55
Krasimir Kostadinov Vs. Marcio Barboza
Round 1 1:04:29
Round 2 1:07:53
Round 3 1:11:20
Round 4 1:14:35
Dave Chaffee Vs. Michael Todd
Round 1 1:31:46
Round 2 1:35:31
Round 3 1:40:33 “
5 VIDEOS: WAL 503 Finals, Dave Chaffee vs. Michael Todd
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Justin Bishop vs. Mike Selearis, WAL 503
Janis Amolins vs. Tom Holland, WAL 503
Nancy Locke vs. Valerie Beach, WAL 503
Marcio Barboza vs. Krasimir Kostadinov, WAL 503
Michael Todd vs. Dave Chaffee, WAL 503
VIDEO: Tim LEWIS vs Artem TARANENKO Supermatch at King Of Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGM5i_rMWog
INFO: IFA World Armwrestling Championships 2019
” Welcome to the IFA Open World Armwrestling Championships
3-6 of December in Rumia, Poland
We are glad to welcome you to the Open World Championships this December in Poland. It will be open to the Federations that have joined, and to all individual members from countries without free federations. The Championships will be doping controlled, and all divisions of junior, masters, seniors and disabled will be added. There will be no limit to number of athletes allowed from one nation in one category. National federations that have joined will be the only entity allowed to register athletes from their nation. Individual membership is only possible from nations lacking a free federation.
Further information will be published shortly. ”
Facebook Event ► World Armwrestling Championship IFA 2019
International Federation of Armwrestling – IFA – New International Armwrestling Organisation UPDATED
UPDATE (14 June 2019):
Anders Axklo – facebook: ” We are overwhelmed by the positive response from the international armwrestling community. Thank you all for the welcoming attitude and the recognition of the need we intend to meet. IFA welcomes federations interested in membership to contact us at apply@armsportfederation.com for further documentation, information and requirements. Contacting IFA through this mail is not in any way binding, but only a request for information on how to join. Due to longstanding behavior of threats and intimidation directed towards athletes, officials and federations we will also assure those interested that shows of interest will not be made public until an entity has formally decided to join. ”
http://armsportfederation.com
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” A new International Armwrestling organisation is finalizing registering process.
The structure is ready!
A provisional board under the leadership of Anders Axklo have worked with setting up a structure that can grow into the functional and transparent organization that the world armwrestling community needs.
The new international non-profit organization has been filed to Swiss Chamber of Commerce under Swiss law as the International Federation of Armwrestling (IFA) and will within short be available for national federations to join as full members. The choice of Switzerland follows international practice for global sports organisations, for example IOC, GAISF, CAS, FIFA and many more. In short IFA will be under the same legislation as these organisations, something that has been long overdue in armwrestling.
The structure is now in place, and leading up to the first Open World Championships 2019. The dates of the IFA WAC 2019 will be announced shortly.
The provisional board will work with all things needed in preparation for the first championships, and also preparing for the member’s first General Assembly, where open and free elections will be held to set the first executive board.
New international organisation is open to all national federations (full membership) as well as clubs and individual country’s representatives (limited membership), to all who want to help in the shaping of the future of armwrestling. ”
Finland Leaves WAF and EAF, Following Sweden
After Sweden decided to leave WAF and EAF, Finland is the second country to leave WAF and EAF.
“Notification of termination of World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) and the European Armwrestling Federation (EAF) membership
Suomen Kadenvaanteliitto, Finnish Armsport Association ry (later Finnish Armsport Association) Board of Directors held meeting 11.6.2019 and unanimously vote decide to terminate its membership and withdraw from the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) and the European Armwrestling Federation (EAF).
Decision is made based on facts that the EAF and the WAF actions does not comply values of the Finnish Armsport Association. The EAF and the WAF of does not respect their rules, its management activities are not transparent and there have been unduly limitations in voting rights as well as exclusion of athletes, officials and referees. Finnish Armsport Association wants to ensure that its athletes, officials and referees has right to compete, practice and be involved in armwrestling without fear to be unduly punished.
Finnish Armsport Association will continue as member of the Finnish Olympic committee and is also fully committed to apply WADA code.”
If you want to see the original document: Anders Axklo ► Svensk Armsport (PDF)
Mircea Simionescu Simicel about Sweden leaving WAF and EAF
Armwrestling Mircea Simionescu Simicel ► WAC World Armwrestling Community:
” I am sorry for Sweden to withdraw their membership with EAF and WAF. I was expected this and, as I said before, this was the plan from the beginning of PAL / URPA, to rival WAF creating a parallel federation. Anders is talking about the democracy but the status “not in good standing” for Sweden was approved democratically by the big majority of EAF members during EAF congress.
It is not a split is just a filtering or cleaning.
Before you could name it a split because choosing one or another way wouldn’t impact in any way. Now, when WAF is recognized by the highest global sport authority GAISF as the only one governing body for the sport of armwrestling is quite different. Same with WADA, AIMS or IPC. Those recognition were achieved by all WAF members, giving benefits to them and their athletes in many ways.
Choosing another international federation than WAF for membership means to limit your opportunities from the regulated, clean, youth and para armwrestling and be part of an parallel federation not recognized internationally or nationally. There is no need to say that government will never finance athletes or teams which are not members of the recognized international governing body and even at the national level they may have problems recognizing their activities without the accept of the recognized National federations.
Swedish athletes always covered their expenses as individuals to the Europeans and Worlds and this will not change. WAF will accept any athlete from Sweden to compete in WAF and EAF events. And as there is no member for Sweden I am sure WAF will receive new member applications from Swedish clubs which recognize WAF as the governing body for armwrestling. ”
Comments to Mircea’s post in WAC World Armwrestling Community:
Anssi Ainali: “I would like to ask a question. If You will accept and accepted athletes from other federations to compete in European championships, then why You did not accepted two Finnish athletes to compete in Euroarms 2019? I don`t mean that You would not have to accept those other athletes to compete there, not at all, it was right thing to do. But choosing only one member country Federation`s athletes was discrimination and against fair play rules.”
Armwrestling Mircea Simionescu Simicel: “Anssi you knew that athletes who participated in PAL/URPA events could not be registered in EAC but you decided to hide that they participated in Senec and register them. It is your fault you risked this ignoring EAF and WAF decisions. We received a complaint from one member and we asked your representatives which admitted. The other athletes we register didn’t lie and asked EAF for a warning which was granted.”
Armwrestling Mircea Simionescu Simicel: “Annsi when you register them you knew they are not eligible, you hided that.”
Anssi Ainali: “Couple months ago URPA members were not eligible and they are not URPA members. We register our athletes to Euroarm as soon as it was possible as we always have done. After that a lot happened and EAF´s executive committee made new decisions concerning this case. Those two Finnish athletes were banned before EAF`s congress meeting in Greece. I would understand this better if decision would be that EAF would have banned them to next EAF or WAF event so everybody would know already which is congress meetings decision.”
Vazgen Soghoyan: “WAF can’t accept athletes from Sweden to compete in the World or European Championships. It has to be a National Federation registered and recognized in their governing body. Anyone can protest that match and disqualify a Swedish individual. This is a fact.
How about the former best friends to sit and talk about a possible solution of the situation? The cost is the career of hundreds of Swedish athletes. Probably there’s a hypothetical chance to find a solution
Armwrestling Mircea Simionescu Simicel: “WAF can accept other member for Sweden as now doesn’t have one. Member can be any sport non-profit organization from Sweden. After the new organization will become member of WAF they can start recognition procedures at the highest sport authority in Sweden.”