International Weightlifting Federation suspended 9 countries
October 2 , 2017 2609 days 1174 0
The International Weightlifting Federation has suspended 9 countries from participating in Weightlifting competitions for a period of one year, followed by the positive results from retesting of anti-doping samples taken during the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
The countries are Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Owing to this ban, these 9 countries have lost their chance to participate in upcoming World Weightlifting Championship to be held at California.
China has lost its chance to participate on 2018 Asian Weightlifting Competition. It is notable that Russia has already been banned from Weightlifting category in 2016 Rio Olympics.