Weightlifting Miyake Chairman senses crisis in exclusion of Paris Olympic Games

Weightlifting Chairman Miyake sense of crisis due to exclusion of the Paris Olympic Games June 29, 9:54

Yoshiyuki Miyake, Chairman of the Japan Weightlifting Association, will be excluded from the competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics in response to the fact that the former Chairman of the Weightlifting Federation revealed fraudulent accounting by the former chairman and concealment of doping violations etc. After showing his strong sense of crisis, he expressed his intention to appeal to other countries and regions for appealing activities for survival.

The International Federation of Weightlifting's former president, Tamas Ayan, reported that there was suspicion of fraudulent accounting and other matters, and the Federation established an independent investigation committee to investigate the matter. It has released a report that it manages the account dictatorically and that the amount of uncharted money is at least 1.1 billion yen in Japanese yen and that the Federation was concealing doping violations.

In response, President Miyake of the Japan Association, who serves as a director of the League of Nations, responded to an NHK interview in Tokyo on the 28th.

Chairman Miyake has won a bronze medal at the Mexican Olympics and has grown his daughter Hiromi into a medalist for two consecutive games.

Chairman Miyake acknowledged that the IOC = International Olympic Committee may debate weightlifting from the Paris Olympics at its December meeting this year.

He said, "I have a strong sense of crisis. Weightlifting has been involved in himself for 60 years in a traditional sport that was held at the 1st Olympic Games. I want to do everything I can to avoid being excluded."

Specifically, based on the direction of the organizational reform of the League of Nations, the Japan Association will call on other countries and regions to promote activities for appealing the survival of the competition and reforming the League of Nations. ..

Chairman Miyake says, "Japan is known as a clean country and the Olympics will be held next year. It is important for Japan to take the lead in its activities."