On April 19, Beijing time, the official news of the International Olympic Committee, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games weightlifting qualification plan was announced, each association sent up to 3 men and women to participate, a total of 10 events for men and women, that is to say, the Chinese weightlifting dream team can only win up to 6 gold. In addition, the 2028 Olympic Games may not necessarily set up weightlifting events, so the 7 gold medals of the Chinese team at the Tokyo Olympic Games will become history.
Weightlifting is a key project of the Olympic Committee, and a large number of drugs have led to many medals changing hands, and many athletes have been banned. As a result, the project has suffered a devastating blow and has been determined that it will no longer be a core sport in the 2028 Olympic Games, which means that weightlifting may not necessarily appear in the Olympic arena after 6 years, and in the Paris Olympic Games 2 years later, the weightlifting event may be the last appearance.
At the Paris Olympics, weightlifting has been determined to be 5 levels for men and women, with a total of 10 gold medals to compete for. In addition, the Olympic Committee also strictly limits the number of participants of each Olympic Committee, and each team can send up to 3 men and women, and each level is limited to 1 person. In other words, even if the Chinese weightlifting dream team performs perfectly, it can win up to 6 gold medals. This means that the Chinese weightlifting team won 7 gold and 1 silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is history.
For the Chinese team, this is also a blow, after all, this is the strength of the Chinese team. Of course, the Paris Olympic Games are not all unfavorable news to the Chinese team, the new project is a mixed race walking team, and the Chinese team has a strong competitiveness in this project.
Of course, for the Chinese weightlifting team, the most difficult thing now is the PK in the team, many athletes will be forced to change the level, and it is not surprising that the world champions compete with each other.