On April 1, the International Olympic Committee approved the adoption of a new level of boxing and weightlifting for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and all 32 major events and 329 minor events of the Paris Olympic Games have been determined. The number of participants decreased from 14 to 10 (5 for men and 5 for men and women), and the number of participants decreased from 196 to 120; the number of boxing events remained at 13, but the number of small weights was reduced by 1 for men and 1 for women.
The Paris Olympics include weightlifting in the men's 61, 73, 89, 102 kg and over 102 kg classes, and the women's 49, 59, 71, 81 kg and over 81 kg classes. The events of Chinese gold medalists Li Fabin, Shi Zhiyong, Hou Zhihui and Li Wenwen at the Tokyo Olympics were retained; other athletes faced problems of gaining/losing weight and adjusting their levels, such as Chen Lijun, Lü Xiaojun and Wang Zhouyu.
Weightlifting is the traditional strength of Chinese sports, and since 1984, the Chinese weightlifting team has won a total of 39 gold medals, tied for the first place in the history gold medal list with the former Soviet Union. At the Tokyo Olympics last year, the Chinese weightlifting team won 7 gold and 1 silver. Now, the reduction of weightlifting by 4 small items means that the number of gold medals of the Chinese team at the Paris Olympic Games may also be reduced.
Lu Xiaojun won the gold medal in men's weightlifting at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; he originally won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but because the gold medalist, Kazakhstan's Rakhimov, was involved in drugs, the gold medal has been deprived, so Lu Xiaojun won the gold and achieved three consecutive championships!
In an interview earlier, asked whether he would participate in the Paris Olympics, Lu Xiaojun said: "I have confidence in the Paris Olympics, but I know that it will be a very difficult and difficult preparation process. ”
The Paris Olympics will open on 26 July and close on 11 August 2024. Lu Xiaojun was born on July 27, 1984, during the Paris Olympics, he will celebrate his 40th birthday.