Olympic Weightlifting Drug Problem

[mbasic]

so this came out recently

TL;DR:
Major corruption by the IWFs President (Ajan). Controlled everything. Bribes. 10M dollars missing in hidden account they can't find.
Even after all of the sanctions from retesting 10 year old B samples that were lying around ....
... 40 more hidden positives within Ajan's desk drawers. Can't wait to see those. Klokov? etc?

https://mclarenweightliftingenquiry.com ... -final.pdf

After this corona thing killing the olympics for 1 year.
And now the IWF cleaning up this mess .... its going to be a total reset


maybe





not really

[ChrisMcCarthy1979]

I just can't care about the corruption, to be honest...why isn't Lasha lifting 500kg?

[Igor]

I just can't care about the corruption, to be honest...why isn't Lasha lifting 500kg?

Because he doesn't have to. He still wins every competition he enters operating well under his absolute limits.

[Cellist]

[mbasic]

On one hand, I though she WAS ONLY the Interim President.....I wasn't meant to last.


But on the other...
From what I'm hearing, the guy from THAILAND is now the interim president.

For those not in the know, Thailand had so many sanctions recently, they did not send one athlete in Worlds, which they even hosted.
They kinda "admitted defeat" and threw in the towel. IOW: a very dirty country.

A number of adverse analytical findings were first established on the basis of samples provided during the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting Championships. These samples did not initially return adverse analytical findings, but a robust and intelligence-based approach (evaluation of the Athletes’ Biological Passport) saw the samples retested for the long-term metabolites of anabolic steroids: a methodology whose widespread implementation has been pioneered by the IWF and the IOC.

Following the revelation of widespread doping among Thai athletes, a number of them juniors, Thai athletes were withdrawn from competition, including the 2019 IWF World Championships. Thai athletes have not subsequently participated in Olympic Qualifying events and will not be present at Tokyo 2020. The IWF has resisted pressure for any early return to competition.

https://www.iwf.net/2020/01/06/iwf-foll ... -athletes/

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Also, The Board that voted the TEAM USA Bitch (affectionate term) out: ""Seven of 19 members on the Board are from countries that are banned from Tokyo or can send only a few athletes because of multiple doping violations.""

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -president

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and lolz Nicu Vlad (ROU) heading up the coup .... Romania is like a 2nd Tier dirtiest nation.

https://www.iwf.net/2020/09/30/public-disclosure-180/
https://www.iwf.net/2020/01/20/public-disclosure-159/
https://www.iwf.net/2019/12/05/public-disclosure-157/
https://www.iwf.net/2018/12/23/public-disclosure-125/

[mbasic]

This just in from the IOC .... pretty fast response IMO:

"The IOC is very worried to learn about the reported decision made by the Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to replace the Acting President, Ms Ursula Garza Papandrea, the way the decision was taken and the chosen replacement. The IOC enjoyed excellent cooperation with her during her time in office, and is fully supportive of the reforms she has initiated in the IWF. Currently the IOC has not received all the information to fully assess the situation in its entirety"

https://www.olympic.org/news/statement- ... -the-iwf-1

Weightlifting, the Sport, will be toast as an Olympic event if things don't turn around.

[Cellist]

How awful. Maybe they kick out the dirty-Nation-led IWF and form a new IOC-approved fed?

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -behaviour

[mbasic]

How awful. Maybe they kick out the dirty-Nation-led IWF and form a new IOC-approved fed?

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -behaviour

lolz, the guy from Thailand had his job as President for a whole 2 days before HE was forced to step aside.
And then there was a note in that article the Doctor from GB/UK, took the Interim President appointment only after "others had declined".
Funny to note that I think the guy from GB is looked down upon from WL'ers in his home country.... from what I gather/read.

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I'll edit what I posted earlier: Thailand is top tier doper country.

[Monoides]

How awful. Maybe they kick out the dirty-Nation-led IWF and form a new IOC-approved fed?

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -behaviour

lolz, the guy from Thailand had his job as President for a whole 2 days before HE was forced to step aside.
And then there was a note in that article the Doctor from GB/UK, took the Interim President appointment only after "others had declined".
Funny to note that I think the guy from GB is looked down upon from WL'ers in his home country.... from what I gather/read.

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I'll edit what I posted earlier: Thailand is top tier doper country.

Really surprised by Irani being appointed - GB basically doesn't exist from an international weightlifting perspective so it's either a quest for a neutral appointment or it's... well. Where have you heard he isn't well liked?

[mbasic]

How awful. Maybe they kick out the dirty-Nation-led IWF and form a new IOC-approved fed?

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -behaviour

lolz, the guy from Thailand had his job as President for a whole 2 days before HE was forced to step aside.
And then there was a note in that article the Doctor from GB/UK, took the Interim President appointment only after "others had declined".
Funny to note that I think the guy from GB is looked down upon from WL'ers in his home country.... from what I gather/read.

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I'll edit what I posted earlier: Thailand is top tier doper country.

Really surprised by Irani being appointed - GB basically doesn't exist from an international weightlifting perspective so it's either a quest for a neutral appointment or it's... well. Where have you heard he isn't well liked?

It sounds like the British WL fed doesn't even care for Irani.
Sounds like he was an Ajan-loyalist.

read thru this reddit thread, click on some of the twitter links.

I also read some other stuff somewhere else .... I'll have to dig it up

[mbasic]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... g-findings

A three-year investigation, which is continuing, by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) intelligence and investigations division has highlighted a wide range of corrupt practices in the sport.

They include the use of "doppelgangers" to provide clean samples for dopers, synthetic urinary devices to swap clean for dirty urine, transfusions, bribery, tip-offs concerning testing plans, and "undetectable" growth hormones.

New revelations about "doppelgangers" and urine sample substitution will be passed on to other sports, as the WADA team believes the practice is likely to be prevalent among a wide range of athletes.

Using data analysis that focused on athletes who provided a positive sample shortly after a negative one, the WADA team identified a prospective pool of 130 weightlifters suspected of having undergone urine substitution.

Most samples had been routinely destroyed as they were "clean", but some remained and with the help of confidential intelligence WADA eventually investigated 53 samples from 39 weightlifters who were suspected of urine substitution.

[mbasic]

Really surprised by Irani being appointed - GB basically doesn't exist from an international weightlifting perspective so it's either a quest for a neutral appointment or it's... well. Where have you heard he isn't well liked?

following this up ... again

HERE: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... -president

Britain’s national weightlifting federation has effectively blocked any attempt by Mike Irani, the sport’s interim global leader, to continue his role at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

Irani is Interim President of the IWF but he cannot stand in its forthcoming elections because British Weightlifting (BWL), which is strongly critical of the sport’s leadership, will not support his candidacy.

[Cellist]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... s-from-ioc