25 coaches, referees in Iranian weightlifting training program

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Twenty-five Iraqi coaches and referees will participate in an international weightlifting training course that is scheduled to take place next week in the Iranian capital Tehran. “The Iraqi delegation, which includes 13 coaches and 12 referees, will attend the course held by the Iranian academy (January 1-31),” the secretary general of Iraq’s Central Weightlifting Federation, Mohammed Kadhem Mazaal, told IraqiNews.com news agency. Iranian experts in the sport, accredited by the Asian Weightlifting Federation, will lecture during the course. SS (P)/SR 1