Beijing time on December 9, the international Olympic Committee official website released a message, but also caused an uproar, the IOC Executive Committee recommended that skateboarding, surfing and sports climbing into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games 28 initial competition events, while boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon are not included in these 28 initial competition events, which is very shocking to many netizens, so in the Tokyo Olympic Games ended in August, weightlifting is the key project of the Chinese team to win gold. Some people also said that the IOC's decision was intended to target China's dream team.
In fact, weightlifting has not been a popular sport, only in the Olympic Games and other major competitions, people will have interest in it, many Chinese audiences are also through the Olympic Games to know so many weightlifters, and the reason why the International Olympic Organizing Committee temporarily kicked weightlifting out of 28 initial competitions, is also a comprehensive consideration. Of course, this is not the final decision on whether weightlifting will enter the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and the 2023 International Olympic Games will also determine whether weightlifting, boxing, and modern pentathlon will enter the 2028 Olympic Games, but it also requires the weightlifting federation IWF and its future leadership to demonstrate its effective transition to a culture of compliance. In addition, they must successfully address the historical issue of doping in sport and ensure the integrity, robustness and complete independence of anti-doping programmes.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese weightlifting dream team won a full quota of 8 places, and finally got a good result of 7 gold and 1 silver, and the diving team won the most gold medals, which is also the key gold medal of the Chinese team, but due to its own many problems, in the Paris Olympic Games 3 years later, the 14 weightlifting events have been reduced to 10, that is, 5 gold medals for men and women, and the number of participants will be greatly reduced, which is also a difficult challenge for the Chinese team. Because it is still very difficult to achieve the Achievements of the Tokyo Olympic Games again, but for the International Olympic Committee, the frequent problems in weightlifting events in recent years are the reason why they have not been selected for the initial event of the 2028 Olympic Games.
The first problem of the weightlifting project is its own internal management problems, in the past year, the president of the International Lifting Federation has changed frequently, first Agen was forced to resign, and then his successor American Papandria did not get the support of the executive committee personnel, and finally was also deposed, and then the Thai in Talat was also strongly opposed by the United States, britain, etc., and had to resign from the temporary attendance position, he only took office for 2 days. Ilani, who is currently the chairman of the IWM medical committee from the United Kingdom, serves as the president of the IB, but he has made it clear that he will not participate in the election of the future IWF president. The IOC also does not recognize this kind of non-compliance with those who take office and leave classes and change their president frequently.
There is also a problem, that is, the problem of doping, in the past 4 Olympic cycles, because of the number of medals cancelled by doping has been 149, of which weightlifting occupies 50, accounting for 1/3, which is also the top priority of the current International Lifting Federation, in the Tokyo Olympic Games, many athletes have been disqualified because of this problem, and many countries have been reduced. If in the next 2 years, the International Lifting Federation can make a significant effect on management changes and doping, then in the 2023 Olympic Games, it is still very likely that weightlifting will enter the Olympic Games again!