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USA Weightlifting
Athlete Handbook & Reference Guide
For 2015 International Competitions
As Of February 1, 2015 Update
Comment Period: The USA
Weightlifting Board of Directors has
approved this Guide for use in
2015 as of January 1, 2015,
with the understanding that
adjustments would be necessary from
time to time. This February 1,
2015 version updates the most
recent 2015 Guide posting as of
January 1, 2015. Comments on
this version may be forwarded
by email to High Performance
Director Peter Roselli at
[email protected].
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USA Weightlifting Athlete Handbook & 2015 Reference
Guide
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Published: January 1, 2015
Updated:
February 1, 2015
Updated: A reference
list of updated information in
this Guide, displayed by date
updated above, may be found in
Appendix E.
Special Notice IWF 2016 Olympic
Games Qualification Procedures Approved
By IOC; Increased WADA Anti-‐Doping
Sanctions in
2015
Team Scoring – Olympic Games Slot
Qualification The 2016 Olympic
Games weightlifting competition commenced
in 2014 with the first of
two world level Olympic Games
slot qualification competitions, the
2014 World Championships/Olympic Games
Qualification Event, held in Almaty,
Kazakhstan in November. Athletes,
coaches and officials should be
aware of the following recent
developments affecting Olympic slot
qualification for weightlifting, individual
athlete eligibility, and increased
anti-‐doping sanctions. IWF
President Ajan and his staff
reported these changes to Games
at the recently concluded 2013
World Championships, now approved by
the International Olympic Committee,
that materially alter the methods
by which weightlifting teams qualify
slots for 2016 Olympic Games,
and individual athletes become
eligible for Games participation. See
http://www.iwf.net/wp-‐content/uploads/downloads/2014/05/2014-‐05-‐28-‐Rio-‐2016-‐Qualification-‐System-‐FINAL-‐Weightlifting-‐EN.pdf
on the IWF web site.
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Based on a
recommendation from the United
States, qualification scoring for
Olympic slots in 2014 and 2015
at the two World
Championships/Olympic Games Qualification
Events, will be calculated from
the highest totals made by the
top six men and four women
from among all results per team
of up to eight men and
seven women entered, at the
conclusion of each of the two
competitions. In the past, point
scoring team members from each
National Federation had to be
declared at the Verification of
Final Entries prior to the
competition. The
significance of this approved change
is that no longer will one
bomb out at one of the
two Qualification Events essentially
eliminate a National Federation from
acquisition of Olympic slots at
the world level of qualification.
In addition, the roles of all
team members and alternates, up
to the ten men and nine
women entered on the final
entry form for each of the
two qualification competitions, becomes
more critical to Team USA
success, since all team members
and alternates will now become
potential point scorers once entered
on the start list for each
competition. Athlete Eligibility to
Participate in the Olympic Games
Also included in the approved
procedures is that individual athlete
eligibility to compete in the
Olympic Games will now require
participation in at least two
international competitions designated as
Qualification Events.
IWF staff has further provided
the clarification that the athlete
must weigh in and be included
in the results of the
competition to be recognized as
having competed. To be entered
in the competition is not
enough. National Federations can
no longer enter athletes heretofore
not having competed in at least
two international Qualification Events,
to fill the number of slots
earned by a National Federation
in the Olympic Games. The
significance of this change is
that only athletes subjected to
international in competition drug
testing at designated international
Qualification Events, who have
materially contributed to slot
qualification for a National
Federation will be eligible to
compete at the Games.
Team USA athletes seeking Olympic
Games participation, are therefore
required to compete in two or
more of the specified international
Qualification Events in the
procedure, and consequently, are best
advised to seek participation in
the Qualification Events preliminary
to the above listed eligibility
events, eg 2014 Pan American
Championships, in order to maximize
their opportunities to participate in
Games Qualification Events.
Increased Anti-‐Doping Penalties Applicable
To Individual Athletes President
Ajan reported at the 2013 World
Championships that the World
Anti-‐Doping Agency had revised the
2015 WADA code to require,
among a number of significant
revisions, a 4-‐year suspension for
a first offense, an increase of
two years over the current code
requirement. The significance of this
revision is that athletes so
sanctioned for a first offense
will be barred from eligibility
for participation in at least
one Olympic Games. The
IWF has since reported on its
web site that the WADA
Foundation Board approved the WADA
revised code for implementation as
of January 1, 2015. See the
WADA web site, http://www.wada-‐ama.org,
for detailed information regarding
this and other changes to the
WADA code. Athletes, coaches and
officials are encouraged to visit
the site, and familiarize themselves
with the details.
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Table of Contents
1. Purpose: Athlete Handbook & 2015
Reference Guide…………………………..……..……………………............
2. National Classification System
(NCS)………………………………………..…………………………….……………………. 3. 2014
International Weightlifting Competitions,
Qualifying Periods And Events….………….….…….……
3.1 Special Trials Sessions and
Similar Events………………………………………………………………………………..
3.2 International Grand Prix and
Other Emergent International
Events…………………………………………
4. Other International
Competitions…………………………………….…………………………………..….…………………..
5. International Team
Ranking……………………………………………………………………………..….……………….…......
5.1 Ability to
Medal…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….……
5.2 Ability to Place and
Score……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5.3
Bumping……………………………………………………………….…………………….……….………………………..……....
5.4
Alternates…………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………..……….
5.5 Changes In Body Weight Category
After Selection……………….…………..………………….…..……………. 5.6
Changes In Entry
Totals…………………………………………………………………….…………………….……………… 5.7
Numbers of International Competitions Per
Athlete……………………………………..…………….………….
6. Selection
System……………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..…..……..
6.1 Minimum Eligibility Requirements For
An Athlete To Be Considered For
Team Membership........
6.1.1
Citizenship.………………………………………………………………………………………….…….…..…….….…….
6.1.2 Minimum International Federation
Standards For Participation………………….………………….
6.1.3 Other
Requirements……………………………………………………………..………………..……..……….……..
7. Qualification
Events………………………………….………………………………………………………………………..…….……..
8. Qualification
Procedures………………………………………………………….……………….…………………….….......
8.1 Ability to
Medal…………………………………….…………………………………..…………………………….……….......
8.1.1 Calculation Of Qualifying
Totals……..…………………………………………………….…..…………............
8.1.2 Ranking And Team Selection
Process…………………………………………………….…………….…………. 8.1.3 Tie
Breaking
Procedures……………………………..………….………………………….…..……………………
8.1.4 Final Qualification Competitions Will
Be Conducted As
Follows…………..…..…..……………...... 8.1.5 Final
Selection…………………………………………………………….…………………………………………..………
8.2 Ability To Place And
Score…………………..……………………………………………………………………..……….........
8.2.1 Calculation of Qualifying
Totals.…………………..…………………………………………………...………… 8.2.2
Ranking And Team Selection
Process……………………….………………………….…………….…........... 8.2.3
Tie Breaking
Procedures.……..……………………………………………………………….…….……….…………
8.2.4 Final Qualification Competitions Will
Be Conducted As Follows...………….……….……………
8.2.5 Final
Selection………………………………………….…………………………….………………….….………..........
9. Roles, Responsibilities, Objectives and
Policies for International
Events…….……………………..….......... Appendix A:
National Classification System (NCS)
Matrix: Five-‐Year World
Championships/Olympic Games Averages
2010-‐2014……………………….………………………………..…………
Women’s Ranking
Totals…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….
Men’s Ranking
Totals……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5 5 5 8 8 10 10 11
11 11 12 12 13 13 13
13 13 14 1414 14 15 15
15 16 17 17 17 18 18
1919 22 22
23 24 25
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Appendix B: Roles, Responsibilities,
Objectives and Policies for
International Events………………..…………….. Appendix
C: World Championships Ranking
Totals……………………………………………………………….…….……………. Appendix
E: National & International Event
Calendar…………………………...……………………………..…….…..……….. Appendix
F: Update Reference
List…………………..……………………….……………………………………..……….…….…………
Appendix G: USA Weightlifting 2014
International Competition Funding Program:
World
Championships………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Pan American
Games….…………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..
Manuel Suarez Tournament – Seniors
………………………………………………………………………………………………… Simon
Bolivar
Cup……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Junior World
Championships…………….…………..…………………………………………………………………………………
Junior Pan American
Championships….…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Youth World
Championships………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Pan American Youth
Championships………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Manuel Suarez Tournament –
17U…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
World University
Championships…………………………………………………………………………………..…………………
Appendix H: International Competitions
Declaration of Health, Fitness and
Performance Level……………………….
26 27 29 31
32 33 33 33 33 3435 36363637
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1. Purpose
This USA Weightlifting Athlete
Handbook & Reference Guide for
2015 International Competitions has
been prepared to provide
athletes, coaches, and officials
details regarding athlete participation
in international weightlifting competitions
during 2015. The content of the
Guide is based on the
information currently available as of
the date of publication above.
As new information becomes
available, this Guide will be
updated accordingly, and revised
editions made available. See Appendix
F reference lists of adjustments
to the document by date of
update.
2. National Classification System (NCS)
The 2015 USAW NCS matrix has
been updated by averaging the
bronze medal winning performances at
the five most recent World
Championships and Olympic Games. As
in 2014, there are 10
classification levels, the highest
having a minimum total equal
to 100% of the aforementioned
bronze medal winning averages, rounded
to one decimal, and termed
“Merited International Elite”. Each
subsequent lower level is 5%
below the one above (e.g., the
next level below Merited
International Elite is International
Elite, 95% of the bronze medal
winning average total). The
most recent five-‐year third
place averages in each body
weight category, adjusted annually,
serve as the 2015 NCS matrix,
updated to include the 2014
World Championships, can be found
in Appendix A.
3. 2015 International Weightlifting
Competitions, Qualifying Periods and
Events
As of February 1, 2015, the
following IWF sanctioned international
competitions, have been approved for
full, partial or self-‐funded Team
USA participation during 2015:
International Competition
Qualifying Period Start
Qualifying Period End
Qualification Events
As Of November 24, 2015
Date
Manuel Suarez Tournament
(Seniors & U-‐17) Cienfuegos,
Cuba March 10 – 14, 2015
10.16.2014 12.14.2014 13U & 15U
Youth International American Open
Championships
10.16 -‐ 19.2014 12.11 -‐ 14.2014
Youth World Championships Lima, Peru
April 7 -‐ 12, 2015
10.16.2014 02.15.2015 13U & 15U
Youth International American Open
Championships National Junior Championships
10.16 -‐ 19.2014 12.11 -‐ 14.2014
02.12 -‐ 15.2015
Pan American Junior Championships
Columbia May 5 – 10, 2015
12.11.2014 02.15.2015 American Open
Championships National Junior Championships
12.11 -‐ 14.2014 02.12 -‐ 15.2015
Junior World Championships Wroclaw,
Poland June 6 -‐ 14, 2015
12.11.2014 03.15.2015 American Open
Championships National Junior Championships
Manuel Suarez Tournament (Seniors
& U-‐17)
12.11 -‐ 14.2014 02.12 -‐ 15.2015
03.10 – 14.2015
Pan American Games Ontario, Canada
July 12 -‐ 17, 2015
12.11.2014
04.12.2015 American Open Championships
National Junior Championships Arnold
WL Championships/PAYC & PAG
Trials Manuel Suarez Tournament
(Seniors & U-‐17) Regional
Championship 1 (Tentative)
12.11 -‐ 14.2014 02.12 -‐ 15.2015
03.06 -‐ 08.2015 03.10
– 14.2015 04.09 – 12.2015
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Pan American Youth Championships
September 15 – 20, 2015
03.06.2015 06.28.2015 Arnold WL
Championships/PAYC & PAG Trials
Manuel Suarez Tournament (Seniors
& U-‐17) Hassle Free Open
Championships/Trials Regional Championship
1 Youth World Championships Pan
American Junior Championships Junior
World Championships Youth National
Championships
03.06 -‐ 08.2015 03.10 –
14.2015 03.28 – 29.2015 04.09
– 12.2015 04.07 – 12.2015 05.05
– 10.2015 06.06 – 14.2015 06.24
– 28.2015
Simon Bolivar Cup Valencia, Venezuela
October 14 – 19, 2015
03.28.2015 07.17.2015 Hassle Free Open
Championships/Trials Regional Championship
1 Youth World Championships Pan
American Junior Championships Junior
World Championships Youth National
Championships Pan American Games
03.28 – 29.2015 04.09 –
12.2015 04.07 – 12.2015 05.05 –
10.2015 06.06 – 14.2015 06.24 –
28.2015 07.12 – 17.2015
World Championships Houston, Texas
November 20 – 29, 2015
05.05.2015 09.27.2015
Pan American Junior Championships Junior
World Championships Youth National
Championships Pan American Games
National Championships National University
Championships/World Team Final
Qualification
05.05 – 10.2015 06.06 -‐ 14.2015
06.24 – 28.2015 07.12 – 17.2015
08.13 – 16.2015 09.24
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IWF Grand Prix 5th Russian
Federation President’s Cup Grozny,
Russia December 12 – 13, 2015
TBD TBD TBD TBD
World University Championships (Tentative)
Location TBD December xx – xx,
2015
(Tentative)
06.06.2015 9.27.2015 (Tentative)
Junior World Championships Youth
National Championships Pan American
Games National Championships Regional
Championships 2 Pan American Youth
Championships National University
Championships/World Team Final
Qualification
06.06 -‐ 14.2015 06.24 – 28.2015
07.12 – 17.2015 08.13 – 16.2015
09.10 – 13.2015 09.15 – 20.2015
09.24 -‐ 27.2015
Details regarding participation of
athletes in each of the above
noted Qualification Events, not
otherwise eligible to compete in
the regular event itself, will
be included in the competition
entry form, supplemented by
additional information posted on the
USAW web site as necessary
prior to the competition.
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3.1 Special Trials Sessions and Similar
Events
With regard to the special trials
sessions at national and similar
events, the Board of Directors
has determined have implemented the
following, to:
a) Avoid having athletes who had
no realistic chance of making a
team taking up spots at a
national event from those who
would otherwise qualify;
b) Help to assure that enough
trials spots would be available
if two kinds of trials were
needed;
c) Avoid conducting separate trials
sessions when the number did
not justify it.
Therefore, the board has determined
that at national events, and
special trials events, the trials
session spots are limited to
those who rank in the top
15 for their gender and cannot
otherwise qualify for the event.
For instance, at the 2015
Juniors, we intend to hold
trials for both the YWC and
PAG, so only Youth athletes who
are in the top 15 in
their gender in the YWC ranking
coming into the Juniors and who
can’t make the qualifying total
for the Juniors would be
eligible for the special trial
slots. Similarly, the spots
available for PAG athletes at
that event would be for those
top 15 athletes in their gender
in the PAG ranking who did
not otherwise qualify for the
Juniors because of their age.
If there are in insufficient
number of athletes in a given
trials session to justify a
separate session, the athletes can
be integrated into regular sessions
as long as all participants are
made aware that these are
essentially “extra lifters” (entries
will have to be adjusted to
reflect that the standard “no
extra lifter” language does not
apply to such athletes).” With
regard to special trials sessions
approved by the Board of
Directors to be held in
conjunction with local competitions,
Unlike a national or regional
championships competition, local organizers
are charged a large USADA
service fee, in the range of
$4,000 to $10,000 depending on
the number of trials sessions
conducted, which must be covered
by the organizers as a
condition of holding special trials
sessions. The history of
these sessions has been that
very few such sessions have
been fully subscribed in the
past two years. The following
procedure draws a balance between
having athletes reasonably able to
rank for an international competition
provided an opportunity to
participate, while at the same
time providing the the organizer
the best opportunity to acquire
sufficient numbers of registered
athletes, to make the trials
sessions feasible from a cost
perspective
Trials sessions will be conducted
as follows: a) Qualification totals
derived from the NCS will be
published in the entry form for
the trials sessions at a level
consistent with ranking in the top
20 – 25 for the international
competitions to which the trials
sessions apply. Athlete registering
to enter must have made the
qualification total in a Board
of Directors-‐approved drug-‐tested USAW
or IWF competition during the
qualification period specified in the
entry form.
b) To insure an opportunity for
all who qualify at or above
the minimum qualification totals, and
thereby also to assist the
local organizer acquire a sufficient
number of athletes to offset
the cost of drug testing,
entries will be accepted on a
first come – first served
basis.
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c) If less than the full
allotment of trials session slots
are filled at the conclusion of
the registration period, the next
highest ranked lifters from among
those registered in the local
competition, who have a made
the qualification total in a
Board of Directors-‐approved drug-‐tested
USAW or IWF competition during
the qualification period specified in
the entry form, will be offered
the opportunity to compete in
the trials session.
d) If the entries are five or
less for a particular trials
session, as a condition of USA
Weightlifting approval for the
special trials sessions, the local
organizer will be required to
combine the trials sessions athletes
in a contiguous local competition
session, which must meet the
same standards approved by USA
Weightlifting for the special trials
sessions – national level referees
or higher, approved barbell equipment
and warm up facilities, certified
scales, etc.
e) Coverage of the full cost of
drug testing on the part of
the local organizer is a
condition of USAW approval of
the trials sessions. Cost sharing
with the local organizer for
drug testing on the part of
USAW is not approved.
f) Under no circumstances are
non-‐ranked and non-‐qualified athletes
permitted to lift in USAW
approved trials sessions. Competitors
must be nationals of the United
States to be ranked and
qualified as specified above.
For a calendar view of the
above information, including the
associated camps (To Be Added
To The Calendar as plans for
these events are developed) and
other USAW 2015 events and
programs, see Appendix D.
In cases where international
competitions are within 30 days
of each other, the Board of
Directors has approved assignment of
athletes to specific competitions.
Participation in, and posting
of official results, in at
least one Qualification Event
designated by USA Weightlifting for
the international competition in
which the athlete seeks entry,
is required for team membership.
3.2 International Grand Prix and Other
Emergent International Events
The Board of Directors,
recognizing that individual athlete
qualification for the Olympic Games
is allocated for athlete
participation in Grand Prix Events
that periodically appear on the
IWF calendar during the sports
year, and likewise other
international events offering
international competition opportunities for
Team USA athletes, as well as
money prizes on occasion, will
consider recommendations from the
USAW performance staff for Board
approval to add these competitions
to the USAW calendar as
they occur though direct invitation
to USAW, or appear on line
as IWF or PAWF calendared
events in which Team USA
athletes may be entered. The
guiding principle in Board
consideration to approve such events
will be the performance staff
recommendation’s adherence to the
relevant current international ranking
and selection procedures for the
proposed athlete selection.
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4. Other International Competitions
In addition to the above
international competitions, organizers
often host other international
events. Some of these events
are IWF sanctioned, drug tested
competitions, and for such events,
USAW Weightlifting is in process
of making arrangements with the
US Anti-‐Doping Agency (USADA),
to allow for self-‐funded drug
testing of individual US weightlifters
who wish to compete in these
events, sufficiently in advance of
the deadline for submission of
the final entry form for the
event to insure that an
athlete’s testing results have been
determined, in turn to insure
that his or her participation
does not result in a drug
testing positive, thereby negatively
affecting the athlete and USAW.
IWF anti-‐doping policy provides that
drug positives in international drug
tested competitions result in a
fine per positive assessed against
the National Federation (NF), in
addition to suspension of the
individual athlete, with three or
more such positives in a
twelve month period resulting in
a very high cost additional
fine assessed against the NF,
and possible suspension of the
NF from all international competition
for a significant period of
time. Non-‐tested
competitions offered to competitors
from other countries still require
the sending NF to approve
foreign athlete entry for
participation. Consequently, any athlete
who wishes to compete in these
types of competitions in addition
to the ones noted above must
submit an application to USA
Weightlifting not less than 60
days prior to the deadline for
submission of the final entry
form for such competition. Exceptions
to this requirement may be made
for athletes who are already in
the USADA OOC testing pool, and
were invited to an event, in
which case USAW must be
notified, in writing, at least
20 days prior to deadline date
for submission of the final
entry form for the event.
Participation in any of the
above noted types of
international competition requires written
application to USAW from
individual athlete seeking approval
to compete prior to the
deadline date for submission of
the final entry form for the
competition. For minor international
competitions sanctioned by the
IWF or the host NF, and
drug tested, payment in advance is
required for drug testing by
each applicant for USAW approval
to enter, as the US
Anti-‐Doping Agency (USADA) determines
to administer. Athletes already
enrolled in the USADA OOC
testing program are exempted from
this requirement.
Athlete approvals by USA
Weightlifting for participation in
Cup-‐type, IWF sanctioned international
competitions, will be handled on
an individual case-‐by-‐case basis.
In many instances, these
athletes are already subject to
regular, out-‐of-‐competition testing as
part of the USADA OOC testing
program.
5. International Team Ranking
The Board of Directors has
determined to reinstate the
traditional policy of final trial
events approximately three months
before the germane international
event, with those ranked the
highest at of the close of
that event being selected (locked
on).
The only events for which the
highest ranked athletes would not
be locked in would be for
the World Championships teams
competing in the World Championships
in either of the last two
years leading up to the Summer
Olympic Games (e.g., 2015), or
the Continental Qualification Event
held in the Olympic year itself
for qualification of National
Federations that have not qualified
Olympic Games slots at the
world level on conclusion of
the second World Championships/Olympic
Qualification.
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The 2014 Athlete Handbook rules
will no longer apply going
forward into 2015; the only
event for which positions are
not locked in as of the
close of the trial period
approximately three months prior to
the international event are the
bottom two spots for the men’s
and women’s teams for the 2015
World Championships/Olympic Qualification
Event. In other words, the
top six men and the top
five women, regardless of their
ability to place or percentage
ranking, are guaranteed their
positions on the team.
For 2015, the following ranking
methods will be used to create
the applicable ranking list for
each international competition: 5.1.
Ability to Medal
The Board of Directors has
determined athlete ranking for the
following 2015 international competitions
will be based on team members’
ability to medal. In these
cases an athlete’s best qualification
total is used to rank him
or her, based on 100% of
the NCS third-‐place average (Pan
American Games, Manuel Suarez
Tournament – Seniors, Simon Bolivar
Cup), 90% of the NCS
third-‐place average (Junior World
Championships, Pan American Junior
Championships), 85% of the NCS
third-‐place average (University World
Championships), and 80% of the
NCS third-‐place average (Youth World
Championships, Manuel Suarez Tournament
– 17U, Pan American Youth
Championships). Note that the
third-‐place averages for the Junior
World), and World University, and
Youth World competitions are,
respectively, on average, 90% 85%
and 80% of the NCS third-‐place
averages. For detail by body
weight category, see the 2015
NCS matrix, Appendix A.
5.2. Ability to Place and Score
The Board of Directors has
determined athlete ranking for the
2015 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification, will be based on
team members’ ability to place
and score. In this cases, the
ranking procedure will identify the
athletes that have lifted the
highest totals during the qualifying
period, as a percentage of the
first to twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification totals for their body
weight categories from the two
most recent applicable international
Qualification Events -‐ the 2011
and 2014 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification Events. An
athlete whose total is lower
than the twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification total for his or
her body weight category, will
be ranked based on the
percentage his or her total is
of the twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification total in the body
weight category in which he or
she attained the results. Additional
detail as to ranking based on
ability to place and score can
be found below in Section 8.2
and following.
5.3. Bumping
In 2015, the practice of “bumping”
– wherein Qualification Event totals
are evaluated in the next
higher body weight category, if
a total moves the athlete onto
the team or keeps the athlete
on the team will be assumed
in the creation of international
competition ranking lists. Athletes
not wishing to have bumping
applied must notify the USAW
High Performance Director in writing,
prior to the final Qualification
Event for each international
competition.
5.4. Alternates
Alternates -‐ the eighth and ninth
ranked women, and the ninth and
tenth ranked men -‐ are entered
on the final entry form for
each international competition. Athlete
acceptance of alternate status on
an international team requires that
the athlete maintain performance,
health and fitness throughout the
pre-‐competition period at the level
consistent with the total that
ranked them. This is critically
important for 2015 international
competition, particularly the 2015
World Championships/Olympic Qualification,
the final international Qualification
Event at the Senior world
level, in which slots for the
Olympic Games are earned.
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While alternates will not generally
travel to the international
competition site, they may be
called upon to do so, if
circumstances arise requiring their
participation in the international
competition. Based on the above
noted special nature of the
2015 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification noted, it is likely
that alternates will travel with
Team USA to the 2015 World
Championships, and must be
prepared to compete if called
upon to do for point scoring
purposes. Alternate status
does not confer on the athlete
any right to travel with the
team to the competition site,
or entry into the competition.
However, in the case of
the 2015 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification competition, alternates may
be brought to and possibly
entered in the competition by
the assigned head coach, in
consultation with the National Team
Coach and Team Leader, if on
review of the final entry list,
should one be published prior
to the Verification of Final
Entries, the alternate has a
better chance of higher points
scoring due to his or her
body weight category than a male
or female Team USA member for
whom he or she will substitute.
5.5. Changes In Body Weight Category
After Selection
Athletes and alternates selected for
a team and submitted on the
final entry form to the
competition organizers and the IWF,
are required to be prepared to
compete in the body weight
category in which they have
been entered. Under certain
circumstances, where it benefits the
team for an athlete to compete
in a higher or lower body
weight category for the purposes
of team scoring (ability to
place and score competitions),
or if the body weight category
change moves the athlete into
potentially higher placement for
medal contention (ability to medal
competitions), the assigned head
coach, in consultation with the
National Team Coach and Team
Leader, may choose to move the
athlete into another body weight
category. In either case,
this adjustment is only permissible
if a final entry form has
been submitted and an alternate
who would otherwise move onto
the team based on the change
is unavailable, and a final
entry list is available for
review due consideration of the
options prior to the Verification
of Final Entries by which to
make the determination to change
the athlete’s body weight category.
5.6. Changes In Entry Totals
Entry totals submitted on the
preliminary and final entry forms
will generally be those that
rank the athlete on the ranking
list; per the determination of
the Board of Directors, Team
leaders and coaches may not
generally submit final entry totals
that are in excess of the
best official totals of the
athletes being entered, unless the
athlete in question has demonstrated
significant improvement in his or
her condition since the performance
of that athlete’s last official
total, or if some adjustment
better positions the athlete, within
his or her recent demonstrated
capability, to move up in
competition session placement. Adjustments
of entry totals higher or lower
will normally be done at the
Verification of Final Entries, on
site at the international
competition.
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5.7. Numbers of International Competitions
Per Athlete
In cases of multiple international
Qualification Events for which the
athlete has qualified, the athlete
may be entered in as many
of these competitions as he or
she has qualified. However,
in cases where the athlete does
qualify for two or more
international Qualification Events, USA
Weightlifting reserves the right, at
its sole discretion, to select
athletes only for the primary
international Qualification Event (e.g.,
World Championships/Olympic Qualification
Event Pan American Championships/Pan
American Games Qualification Event).
If the athlete elects to
participate in a less important
international Qualification Event, the
athlete would not be selected
for the primary event, and
could lose any USAW financial
support he or she is receiving.
6. Selection System 6.1.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements For
An Athlete To Be Considered For
Team Membership
6.1.1. Citizenship
Athletes must be nationals of
the United States prior to the
submission of the final entry
form for the international
competition, to be eligible for
selection, and hold a valid
U.S. passport that will not
expire for up to six months
after the conclusion of the
international competition in which
the athlete is entered, if the
host country requires a visa or
has other passport related conditions
for entry into the country.
The actual date of permissible
expiration will depend upon whether
the host country requires a
visa or has other passport
related conditions for entry into
the country that specifies a
length of time to expiration
after visa expiration. If a
country has other conditions, they
will need to be satisfied; USAW
will notify that athlete as
soon as they are become known.
Athletes must possess a current
US passport with the necessary
time to expiration as required
by the host country at the
time of team selection, which
occurs in the time period
immediately after the final
Qualification Event for an
international competition, and before
the submission of the final
entry form.
If the passport requirement is
not met, the athlete cannot be
entered on the final entry form
for the competition, and a
replacement athlete, based on the
ranking system procedure, will be
invited to attend the competition.
USAW reserves the right to
set a deadline, prior to the
deadline date for submission of
the final entry form, for
ranked team members to have
acquired a current passport with
the necessary expiration date, to
insure that a up to a
full team, including alternates, can
be entered on the final entry
form, who can enter the host
country. Athletes are therefore
advised to maintain a passport
at all times meeting the outer
limit expiration date as noted
above, to avoid last minute
problems in acquiring a passport
renewal prior to international
competition.
6.1.2. Minimum International Federation
Standards For Participation (IWF
Technical Rules, 1.1)
The IWF recognizes four (4) age
groups: Youth: 13 –
17 years of age Junior:
15 – 20 years of age
Senior: 15 + years of
age
Masters: 35+ years
of age
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All age groups are calculated in
the athlete’s year of birth
For Olympic Games and Youth
Olympic Games the relevant
International Olympic Committee Rules
apply For International University
Sports Federation (FISU) governed
Events the relevant FISU Rules
apply
6.1.3. Other Requirements
Athletes must be current members
of USA Weightlifting in good
standing. For purposes of this
document, member in good standing
means eligible to compete. All
athlete drug-‐testing requirements apply.
7. Qualification Events
All USADA and World Anti-‐Doping
Agency (WADA) drug tested events
sanctioned by the IWF or USAW
during the qualifying period as
specified above for each of
the listed international competitions
approved by the Board of
Directors, are designated as Qualification
Events. In addition, final
qualification competitions as may be
approved by the USAW Board of
Directors and scheduled for any
international competition in which
Team USA will be entered prior
to the submission of the final
entry form for that competition,
are also designated as a
Qualification Events, the specifics
for these qualification events
described in the Qualification
Procedures section below.
8. QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES
Step-‐by-‐step description of the
method that explains how athletes
will move through the selection
process to become Team USA
members:
8.1.
ABILITY TO MEDAL
For the purpose of qualification
for the following 2015 international
competitions -‐ Pan American
Games, Youth World Championships,
Junior World Championships, World
University Championships, and any
other such international competitions
as the Board of Directors shall
determine as being similar in
nature -‐ both men and women
will be ranked as follows, to
fill up to the team slot
maximums per National Federation (NF)
of ten (10) men and nine
(9) women, including the two
team alternates each, as follows:
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8.1.1. Calculation
of Qualifying Totals -‐
Ability To Medal
The qualifying total for in each
body weight category will be
determined by averaging the third
place totals from the past five
years’ World Championships and
Olympic Games, from 2010 to
2014. See Appendix A for the
2015 National Classification System
Matrix. There must be
at least a 1-‐kilogram difference
in the resulting totals for two
consecutive body weight categories.
In the event that the 5-‐year
averages of third place results
in two body weight categories
with the same qualifying total,
or results in a higher body
weight category having a lower
qualifying total than the body
weight category below it, the
total for the higher body
weight category will be raised
to 1 kilogram above the lower
body weight category. This
method will be repeated as
necessary to ensure at least a
1-‐kilogram increment between the
qualifying totals in consecutive body
weight categories. (Note that for
the 2010 to 2014 period, these
adjustments are not necessary as
of December 15, 2014).
8.1.2.
Ranking And Team Selection Process
– Ability To Medal The
ranking procedure based on ability
to medal will identify the
athletes that have lifted the
highest totals as a percentage
of the third place average
qualification totals for their body
weight categories during the
qualifying period. The totals
of all qualified athletes from
all Qualification Events will be
compared to the third place
average qualifying total for the
body weight category in which
the athlete posted the total.
Each athlete’s highest total in
each body weight category in
which the athlete competed, from
all Qualification Events in which
the athlete competed, will be
compared to the qualifying total
in the corresponding body weight
category. A percentage of each
total will be calculated. The
men and women will be ranked
separately, by percentage, from
highest to lowest. The
highest-‐ranked men and women down
to and including the number of
approved team slots for men and
women will be ranked for
selection to the team, maximum
two per body weight category,
per the rules of weightlifting.
If one athlete ranks in more
than one body weight category,
and the results from more than
one body weight category place
him or her on the team,
or if the athlete’s ranking in
each body weight category is
the same, the athlete will
compete in the body weight
category in which he or she
determines.
8.1.3.
Tie Breaking
Procedures – Ability To Medal
a. Tie in total: For athletes
in the same body weight
category, ties that occur within
the same Qualification Event, the
lighter athlete will be ranked
higher; in cases of the same
body weight, IWF, Section 6.8.2, provides the
following factors to decide the
classification of athletes in Total:
1. Best result – highest first;
if identical, then: 2. Bodyweight –
lowest first; if identical, then:
3. Best Clean & Jerk result
– lowest first; if identical,
then: 4. Best Clean & Jerk
result’s attempt number – lowest
first; if identical, then: 5.
Previous attempt(s) – lowest first;
if identical, then: 6. Lot number
– lowest first.
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Tie within body weight category:
If two athletes in the
same body weight category achieve
the same total at two different
Qualification Events, whoever posted
the total first will be ranked
higher.
All athletes will be ranked
as team candidates, including
alternates, – up to ten (10)
men and nine (9) women –
and will be considered “locked
on” team candidates, based on
their qualification total ranking
them as a percentage of the
following percentage ranking totals
on the 2015 NCS matrix,
Appendix A, as follows:
Competition
NCS Rank Pan American Games
100% Manuel Suarez Tournament
– Seniors
100% Simon Bolivar Cup
100% Junior World
Championships
90%
Junior Pan American Championships
90% Youth World Championships
80% Pan American
Youth Championships
80%
Manuel Suarez Tournament – 17U
80% World University
Championships
85%
After the last Qualification Event
during the qualifying period for
any given international competition,
the top 10 ranked men, and
the top 9 ranked women,
including the 2 men and 2
women alternates, will be considered
“locked on.” Locked on
status is conditioned upon the
athlete’s level of health, fitness
and ability to perform consistent
with the total that ranked them
at the time of the
international competition for which
they are ranked. In consideration
of the Board of Directors
determination that qualification periods
for competitions whose objective is
designated as ability to medal
shall conclude three months prior
to the international competition,
athletes are required to make
an affirmative declaration of their
condition as a part of the
availability and invitation process.
See Appendix G.
USA Weightlifting reserves
the right to confirm the
athlete’s signed declaration of
health, fitness and ability to
perform, prior to the submission
of the international competition
Final Entry Form, which occurs
within the final two to six
weeks prior to the international
competition, in a manner and by
a procedure USA Weightlifting, in
its sole discretion, shall determine.
If not confirmed, the
athlete will not be entered on
the Final Entry Form for the
competition, and the next highest
ranked athlete available will be
added.
8.1.4.
Final Qualification
Competitions Will Be Not be
Conducted – Ability To Medal
The Board of Directors has
determined to reinstate the
traditional policy of final trial
events approximately three months
before the germane international
event, with those ranked the
highest at of the close of
that event being selected (locked
on). As such, for 2015 and
beyond, Final Qualification Competitions
will not be held.
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The only events for which the
highest ranked athletes would not
be locked in would be for
the World Championships teams
competing in the World Championships
in either of the last two
years leading up to the Summer
Olympic Games (e.g., 2015), or
the Continental Qualification Event
held in the Olympic year itself
for qualification of National
Federations which have not qualified
Olympic Games slots at the
world level on conclusion of
the second World Championships/Olympic
Qualification.
However, see 8.1.4 above for the
conditions under which athletes’
locked on status will be
confirmed prior to the submission
of Final Entry Forms for
competitions whose designated objective
is ability to medal.
8.1.5.
Final Selection –
Ability To Medal
Following the last Qualification
Event, the appropriate number of
men and women, based on the
total number of slots for each
international competition, with the
highest projected percentages derived
from the final qualification ranking
list as specified in this
section will be selected for
each international team, maximum of
two per body weight category,
per the rules of weightlifting.
8.2. Ability to Place
and Score Certain international
competitions are also designated as
international Qualification Events, in
which team member placements and
scoring determine the number of
participants eligible to compete in
the applicable international competition.
For the purpose of
qualification for the one such
event known to be scheduled in
2015 -‐ World Championships/
Olympic Games Qualification Event -‐,
and any other such international
competitions as the Board of
Directors shall determine as being
similar in nature -‐ both men
and women will be ranked as
follows, to fill up to the
team slot maximums per National
Federation (NF) of ten (10) men
and nine (9) women, including
the two team alternates each,
as follows: The 2014 Athlete
Handbook rules will no longer
apply going forward into 2015;
the only event for which
positions are not locked in as
of the close of the trial
period approximately three months
prior to the international event
are the bottom two spots for
the men’s and women’s teams for
the 2015 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification Event. In other
words, the top six men and
the top five women, regardless
of their ability to place or
percentage ranking, are guaranteed
their positions on the team.
8.2.1. Calculation
of Qualifying Totals – Ability
To Place And Score
For the 2015 World Championships/Olympic
Games Qualification Event, averaging
the first to twenty-‐fifth place
totals for each placement from
the past two Olympic Qualification
Events – the 2010 and 2011
World Championships -‐ will determine
qualifying totals in each body
weight category.
In cases where actual results
are unavailable down to twenty-‐fifth
place in a body weight
category, placement totals are
calculated using 2011 and 2014
World Championships average decrements
for that body weight category
to complete the series. See
Appendix X for the placement
average totals by body weight
category, as well as the
related explanatory notes.
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8.2.2. Ranking
And Team Selection Process –
Ability To Place and Score
The ranking procedure based on
ability to place and score will
identify the athletes that have
lifted the highest totals as a
percentage of the first to
twenty-‐fifth place average qualification
totals for their body weight
categories during the qualifying
period. An athlete whose total
is lower than the twenty-‐fifth
place average qualification total for
his or her body weight
category, will be ranked based
on the percentage his or her
total is of the twenty-‐fifth
place average qualification total in
the body weight category in
which he or she attained the
results.
The totals of all qualified
athletes from all Qualification
Events will be compared to the
first to twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification totals for the body
weight category in which the
athlete posted the total, or,
for an athlete whose total is
lower than the twenty-‐fifth place
average qualification total for his
or her body weight category,
ranking will be based on the
percentage his or her total is
of the twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification total in the body
weight category in which he or
she attained the results. Each
athlete’s highest total in each
body weight category in which
the athlete competed, from all
Qualification Events in which the
athlete competed, will be compared
to the qualifying totals as
specified above, in the corresponding
body weight category.
Men and women from all body
weight categories will be ranked
separately, by placement, from
highest to lowest.
The highest-‐ranked men and women
down to and including the
number of approved team slots
for men and women will be
ranked for selection to the
team, maximum two per body
weight category, per the rules
of weightlifting. If one
athlete ranks in more than one
body weight category and the
results from more than one body
weight category place him or
her on the team, the athlete
will be ranked in the body
weight category in which he or
she has attained the highest
placement from first to twenty-‐fifth
place. If one athlete
ranks in more than one body
weight category and the results
from more than one body weight
category place him or her on
the team, and the athlete’s
ranking in each body weight
category is the same, the
athlete will be ranked higher
in the category of his or
her choice, provided, however, that
if the final entry list, should
one be disseminated prior to
the Verification of Final Entries,
indicates that one of the
categories offers a better
opportunity for higher point scoring,
the athlete will compete in
that category based on the
determination of the assigned head
coach, in consultation with the
National Team Coach and the
Team Leader.
For an athlete whose totals are
lower than the twenty-‐fifth place
average qualification total for his
or her body weight category,
and the athlete ranks in more
than one body weight category,
ranking will be based on the
highest total as a percentage
of the twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification total in the body
weight category in which he or
she attained the results. If
the athlete’s ranking in more
than one body weight category
is the same as a percentage
of twenty-‐fifth place where the
athlete’s results are lower than
the twenty-‐fifth place average
qualification total, the athlete will
be ranked higher in the
category of his or her choice,
provided, however, that if the
final entry list, should one be
disseminated prior to the
Verification of Final Entries,
indicates that one of the
categories offers a better
opportunity for higher point scoring,
the athlete will compete in
that category based on the
determination of the assigned head
coach, in consultation with the
National Team Coach and the
Team Leader.
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8.2.3. Tie Breaking
Procedures -‐ Ability To Place
and Score b. Tie in total:
For athletes in the same
body weight category, ties that
occur within the same Qualification
Event, the
lighter athlete will be ranked
higher; in cases of the same
body weight, IWF, Section 6.8.2, provides the
following factors to decide the
classification of athletes in Total:
1. Best result – highest first; if
identical, then: 2. Bodyweight –
lowest first; if identical, then:
3. Best Clean & Jerk result
– lowest first; if identical,
then: 4. Best Clean & Jerk
result’s attempt number – lowest
first; if identical, then: 5.
Previous attempt(s) – lowest first;
if identical, then: 6. Lot number
– lowest first.
Tie within body weight category:
If two athletes in the
same body weight category achieve
the same total at two different
Qualification Events, whoever posted
the total first will be ranked
higher.
8.2.4. Final
Qualification Competitions Will Be
Conducted As Follows – Ability
To Place and Score
A Final qualification competition has
been approved by the Board of
Directors for the 2015 World
Championships/Olympic Qualification Event,
to be conducted prior to the
deadline date for submission of
the Final Entry Form for these
international competitions. The need
for this competition will be
determined based on the ranking
lists for each competition as
they develop during the qualifying
period. Therefore, the possibility
exists this competition will not
be contested, or will be
limited in scope.
While a non – mandatory,
pre-‐competition training camp period
may be scheduled prior to the
final entry form submission as
well at the same location,
participation in a final
qualification competition, if held,
is unrelated to camp participation.
A primary consideration
regarding the feasibility for holding
a qualification competition is the
amount of time remaining after
the qualification period up to
the final entry form submission
date, and the amount of time
remaining from the submission date
up to the international competition.
All athletes on the overall
ranking list for the international
competition at the end of the
qualification period will be invited
to compete, down to and
including the eleventh ranked women’s
team candidate and the twelfth
ranked men’s team candidate,
including those athletes whose total
would otherwise have qualified
them for team membership, but were
eliminated by two ranked team
candidates in the same body
weight category with higher totals.
If team candidates are ranked
as provisional based on their
ranking on conclusion of the
final qualifying competition in
the qualification period specified
below for the 2015 World
Championships/Olympic Games Qualification Event,
they may be displaced by higher
results obtained at the final
qualification competition by other
provisional team candidates, or the
athlete previously eliminated by two
ranked team candidates in the
same body weight category with
higher totals.
The 2014 Athlete Handbook rules
will no longer apply going
forward into 2015; the only
event for which positions are
not locked in as of the
close of the trial period
approximately three months prior to
the international event are the
bottom two spots for the men’s
and women’s teams for the 2015
World Championships/Olympic Qualification
Event. In other words, the
top six men and the top
five women, regardless of their
ability to place or percentage
ranking, are guaranteed their
positions on the team.
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Locked on status is conditioned
upon the athlete’s level of
health, fitness and ability to
perform consistent with the total
that ranked them at the time
of the international competition for
which they are ranked. Athletes
are required to make an
affirmative declaration of their
condition as a part of the
availability and invitation process.
See Appendix G. Notwithstanding
the Board of Directors’ approval
of a final qualification event
for the 2015 World
Championships/Olympic Qualification, USA
Weightlifting reserves the right
subsequently to confirm the athlete’s
signed declaration of health, fitness
and ability to perform, prior
to the submission of the
international competition Final Entry
Form, which occurs within the
final two to six weeks prior
to the international competition, in
a manner and by a procedure
USA Weightlifting, in its sole
discretion, shall determine.
If not confirmed, the athlete
will not be entered in the
competition, and the next highest
ranked athlete available will be
added. Team candidates will be
designated as “locked on” if
their totals within their body
weight categories rank them at
6th or higher for men, and
5th or higher for women, as
specified above.
Locked on team candidates
cannot be eliminated from the
team based on final qualification
results, but have the option to
compete at their discretion. Totals
made by locked on team
candidates will not be used to
adjust the team candidate ranking
among locked on team candidates.
Their totals may be used to
increase their final entry totals
in the international competition.
The balance of athletes ranked
as team candidates, including two
alternates -‐ the 6th to 9th
ranked women, and the 6th to
10th ranked men -‐, plus the
next two male and female
athletes -‐ the 11th and 12th
ranked men, and the 10th and
11th ranked women -‐, will be
considered “provisional,” thereby subject
to adjusted ranking based on
the results of a final
qualification competition, if one is
held for 2015 World
Championships/Olympic Qualification Event.
If a final qualification competition
is not held, then the ranking
list as of the end of the
qualification period designated for
each international competition will
be considered final.
The final qualification
competition will be conducted in
standard national level format –
weigh in, timing system, national
level or higher referees, jury,
etc. However, due to the
proximity of the final qualification
competition to the international
competition, provisional team members,
or the athlete previously eliminated
by two ranked team members
in the same body weight
category with higher totals,
competing at the final qualification
competition will be allowed an
additional 2% body weight increase
over the body weight category
limit, as follows:
Women
Allowable
Men
Allowable
Category
Limit
Category
Limit
48 49
56 57
53 54 62
63 58
59 69
70 63 64
77 79
69 70
85 87
75 77 94
96 75+
NA 105 107
105+
NA
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If provisional team candidates, or
the athlete previously eliminated by
two ranked team candidates in
the same body weight category
with higher totals, choose to
lift in the final qualification
competition using the above higher
allowable limit body weights, their
totals will not count for any
purpose other than for team
ranking adjustments. If two athletes
in the same category compete
as provisional in the final
qualification, the tie breaking
rules of completion regarding body
weight apply. Provisional team
candidates have the option to
compete at the final qualification
competition, but are not required
to do so. If their results
are higher than their ranking
list total, their ranking will
be adjusted accordingly on the
final ranking list among all
provisional team candidates’ totals
or the totals of the
athletes previously eliminated by
two ranked team candidates in the
same body weight category with
higher totals. However, totals
made at final qualification competition
cannot rank a provisional higher
than a previously locked on
team candidate. On conclusion
of the final qualification and
adjustment of the ranking list
to account for the results
of the final qualification
competition as specified above, the
assigned head coach, in consultation
with the National Team Coach
and the Team Leader reserves
the right, with the approval of
the USAW Board at its sole
discretion, to substitute the top
ranked Junior male or female on
the age adjusted monthly compensation
ranking list for the tenth
ranked men’s team alternate or
ninth ranked women’s team alternate
on the final entry form, if
the ranked alternates’ totals are
below point scoring range in
their body weight categories on
the placement total matrices in
Appendices C & D. If the
body weight category of the
Junior substitute male or female
has two higher ranked team
members on the final ranking
list, then a substitution will
not be made.
Athletes with an NCS ranking
at the applicable International or
higher level for each international
competition, who have sustained a
serious and documented injury during
the six months prior to the
beginning date of the qualification
period, and have been unable
to compete in any qualification
competition leading up to the
final qualification competition, may
apply to USA Weightlifting to
be entered in the final
qualification.
Such athletes, if approved for
entry into the final
qualification competition, will compete
against provisional team candidates for
membership on the team.
Conditions for acceptance are
participation in the OOC testing
program throughout the qualification
period, written confirmation from the
primary care physician treating the
athlete that the injury sustained
precluded the athlete from competing
throughout the qualification period,
and clearance from the primary
care physician for the athlete
to compete in the final
qualification competition.
USA Weightlifting reverses the
right, at its sole discretion
to determine whether or not the
athlete will be approved for
entry into the final qualification
competition. If approved entry, the
2% body weight increase over
the body weight category limit
specified above does not apply;
the athlete must compete at or
below his or her body weight
category limit.
All team candidates and alternates
under consideration are subject to
evaluation of their performance
level, health, and fitness to
compete at a level consistent
with the results that ranked
them at the sole discretion of
USAW prior to international
competition. Athlete acceptance of
invitations to compete at
international competitions will be
conditioned on the athlete’s
agreement that he or she may
be replaced for the international
competition or withdrawn from the
competition on site, if the
athlete fails to meet these
requirements. See Appendix G for
the 2015 International Competitions
Declaration of Health, Fitness and
Performance Level.
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All team candidates and alternates
under consideration are subject to
the outfitting requirements at the
sole discretion of USAW for
each international competition. Athlete
acceptance of invitations to compete
at international competitions will be
conditioned on the athlete’s
agreement that he or she may
be replaced for the international
competition, or withdrawn from the
competition on site, if the
athlete fails to meet these
requirements. Athletes competing in
another sport at the time of
the international competition for
which they have qualified must
declare such participation in their
declaration of performance, health
and fitness, in so doing
affirming their freedom from injury,
and weightlifting performance level
to be at least at the
level of the total that
qualified the athlete for the
team. Participation in another sport
competition in the month prior
to the date of travel to
the 2015 World Championships/Olympic
Qualification Event is strictly
prohibited. No special travel
arrangements to the international
competition will be made for
these athletes.
8.2.5. Final Selection –
Ability To Place and Score
Following the last Qualification Event
during the qualifying period, and
the final qualification competition
if one is contested, the
appropriate number of men and
women, based on the total
number of slots for each
international competition, with the
highest rankings derived from the
final qualification ranking list as
specified in this section will
be selected for each international
team, maximum of two per body
weight category, per the rules
of weightlifting.
9. Roles, Responsibilities, Objectives and
Policies for International Events
The Board of Directors has
specified certain roles, responsibilities
objectives, and policies for assigned
staff, athletes, and personal coaches
participating in international
competitions. These can be found
in Appendix B.
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Appendix A
National(Classification(System((NCS)(MatrixFive8Year(World(Championships/Olympic(Games(Averages
2010(8(2014
WOMEN CAT PL 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVG
44 170.248 3 204 183 192 181 189 189.853 3 206 214 219 200 214
210.658 3 230 230 235 218 231 228.863 3 241 246 236 244 248 243.069
3 251 253 256 259 261 256.0
69+ 270.875 3 283 265 269 260 277 270.8
75+ 3 309 273 294 291 294 292.2
MENCAT PLACE 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVG
50 237.156 3 280 276 286 283 293 283.662 3 314 310 317 316 312
313.869 3 324 335 332 337 334 332.477 3 356 360 349 355 363 356.685
3 377 376 380 381 385 379.894 3 397 402 407 396 399 400.2
94+ 412.2105