Weightlifting was marked by a series of breakthroughs at the Tokyo Olympics -- the first openly transgender athlete to compete at any Games and the Philippine's first gold ever - but recent doping scandals are clouding its outlook ahead of Paris 2024.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Friday the sport's governing body had to improve governance.
"I am not aware at this moment of any case in competition, or of any disqualification because of doping. This applies to weightlifting," said Bach, referring to the Tokyo Olympics. "But with regard to weightlifting there's more than just doping. With regard of good governance I think we still need to see a culture change in this international federation."
In June, Hungarian Tamas Ajan, the former head of IWF, as well as current IWF vice-president Nicu Vlad,
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