The Olympic medal chances of athletes from around the world have changed dramatically after China decided not to select Rio 2016 gold medallist Deng Wei, its leading female athlete in the Tokyo 2020 rankings.

jerk world record in the men’s 96 kilograms category.In a statement to insidethegames, the Chinese Weightlifting

holder, were not among the eight, due to their injuries.”The news came on the day when the International Weightlifting

and four women collectively hold 15 world records, as well as two Olympic titles.China has won five weightlifting

appearance.She will be 37 later this month.Papua New Guinea's Dika Toua, the first woman to lift in an Olympic weightlifting

Colombia’s entire team of eight weightlifters faces suspension from the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision.

(ITA).At the same time the ITA, which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

has had three positives during the Olympic qualifying period, and three during a year, the Colombian Weightlifting

begins in Tokyo.Colombian Weightlifting Federation President William Pena described the appeals process

We have weightlifting all over our country, we take children from drug-trafficking and crime groups and

we link them to weightlifting."

A lifetime ban for a weightlifting coach has cost Mexico four quota places for the delayed Tokyo 2020

also losing quota places because of multiple doping violations - and on the day when the International Weightlifting

lists could be further disrupted by sanctions against individuals or National Federations before the weightlifting

they would collectively have lost 82 places because of doping - 42 per cent of all places allocated to weightlifting

the age of 18, whose doping violations can remain private.In a lengthy investigation into doping in weightlifting

A Kazakhstan weightlifter who was moved up from fourth to second place at the Olympic Games because of doping disqualifications by rival athletes will not be awarded a medal - because she is herself suspended for doping.

potential medallists, male and female, out of its team.Venezuela’s fate became clear when the International Weightlifting

Jong-sim.In December 2018, after the Belarus disqualifications, Nurmukhambetova and the Kazakhstan Weightlifting

The new Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH) Executive Committee has held its first meeting since its controversial election in April, with the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the heart of its agenda.

medallist and 2015 European Games 1500m champion Luiza Gega is among the names slated to compete.European weightlifting

Weightlifters and their National Federations from all parts of the world are waiting on doping-related decisions that will affect their chances at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

on the final ranking lists, which are due to be published on Friday (June 11) by the International Weightlifting

beyond those two - and the timing could make a big difference.Tom Goegebuer, President of the Belgian Weightlifting

A total of 29 athletes from 12 sports will form the Olympic Refugee Team at Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.

across athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, judo, karate, taekwondo, shooting, swimming, weightlifting

The announcement of an expanded Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020 will be the highlight of the opening day of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting tomorrow.

athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, judo, karate, taekwondo, shooting sport, swimming, weightlifting

Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion (£706 million/€822 billion) American Rescue Plan Act for COVID-19 relief funding has been credited with helping organisers of next year’s Pacific Mini Games in Saipan being able increase the number of sports from six to nine.

The delayed 2021 Saipan Mini Games will have nine sports altogether after tennis, weightlifting and va'a

The Ukrainian weightlifter Dmytro Chumak has been suspended on three charges after he and his coach allegedly tried to evade and bribe doping control officers.

out-of-competition mission on May 6.The ITA, which carries out all anti-doping procedures for the International Weightlifting

gold in the men’s super-heavyweight over-109 kilogram category on the final day of the International Weightlifting

Kazakhstan's Rakhat Bekbolat stormed to victory in the men's 102-kilogram contest at the International Weightlifting

Walid Bidani was one of three record-breakers at the African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi,

at the Championships.It was remarkable that the event happened at all given that the Kenya Amateur Weightlifting

of Africa's leading hopes.Qualifying for Tokyo finishes tomorrow, the final day of the International Weightlifting

A Belgian weightlifter says dealing with transgender issues in sport is "impossible" but the presence of Laurel Hubbard in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games is "like a bad joke" to women athletes.

However, anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones:

behind Laurel Hubbard ©Getty ImagesA similar point was made by Jerry Wallwork, President of the Samoan Weightlifting

Olympic Committee (IOC) sub committee] which approved participation of transgender athletes in women’s weightlifting

Especially in contact sports and power sports like weightlifting, there is a disadvantage for female

Mark House, an American lawyer and International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) technical official, offers

The deadline for weightlifters to qualify for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is tomorrow (May 31) and there is no doubt about who, among the qualifiers, wins the gold medal for attracting publicity.

That award goes to someone who was unknown in weightlifting at the time of the last Olympic Games in

order.Any policy that is implemented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or the International Weightlifting

the advantages of having gone through male puberty, which gives an advantage of 30-40 per cent, in weightlifting

 The weightlifting competition at Tokyo 2020 is sure to attract plenty of attention ©Getty ImagesIt

 In a strength-based sport such as weightlifting, there is probably no way to overcome the advantage