Doping-tainted weightlifting must reform or risk 2024 Games spot


FILE PHOTO - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends the 131st IOC session in Lima, Peru September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Weightlifting will have to pass several hurdles to prove it is doping-free or it risks losing its established Olympic spot for the Paris 2024 Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday.

The IOC had said in July that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) needed to provide a satisfactory report by December on how it plans to tackle the problem of doping in the sport.

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