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An athlete trains at the weightlifting training hall at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Weightlifting faces uncertain Olympic future after Tokyo

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, sets a world record with a lift of 214kg during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) **FILE**

Weightlifting risks being dropped from 2024 Paris Olympics

Associated Press

Weightlifting’s Olympic future in doubt as president ousted

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren speaks during a press conference in London. An investigation into the International Weightlifting Federation has found doping cover-ups and millions of dollars in missing money, lead investigator Richard McLaren said Thursday June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Investigation finds doping cover-ups in weightlifting

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Long-time weightlifting head Aján resigns amid investigation

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Russia investigator McLaren to lead probe of weightlifting

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Weightlifting body probes alleged corruption in Ajan era

Associated Press

IOC seeks German TV’s evidence of weightlifting corruption

Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 file photo, Sopita Tanasan of Thailand, competes in the women's 48kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tanasan won the gold medal. Olympic gold medalist Sopita Tanasan with two world champion weightlifters are among four Thai weightlifters to test positive for banned steroids, the International Weightlifting Federation announced on Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Olympic champion among 4 Thai weightlifters to test positive

Associated Press

Russia, Iran to lose Olympic weightlifting spots for doping

Associated Press

European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko fails drug test

Associated Press

Russia, China among 9 top weightlifting countries suspended

Associated Press

2 Moldova weightlifters fail drug tests

Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 file photo, Belarusian weightlifter Stanislav Chadovich attends a news conference in Mogilev, 190 kms (118 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus. Belarusian weightlifter Stanislav Chadovich has been banned for four years for trying use substitute urine in a pre-Olympic doping test. (Oleg Foinitsky/Belta Photo via AP, file)

Belarus weightlifter banned for urine swap ahead of Olympics

Associated Press

16-year-old Romanian weightlifter suspended for doping

Associated Press

Azerbaijan fined $500K for 9 doping cases in ‘13

Associated Press