Houston IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2015

Do you lift? On Tuesday, October 13, share your pictures and videos showing us how you lift during our #ILift campaign to support the 2015 IWF World Championships. 

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Do you lift? On Tuesday, October 13, share your pictures and videos showing us how you lift during our #ILift campaign to support the 2015 IWF World Championships.

During the Championships, November 20-28, 2015, Houston will welcome over 83 countries including 800 athletes from around the world! Let's support them by showing how Houston lifts.

Post your photos/videos using #ILift and tag @HoustonIWF2015 on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter on October 13.

#ILift

We all have a little lifter inside of us! Be as creative as you like and share your photos.

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