18 athletes conceal violations in weightlifting doping test October 23, 4:56
WADA = World Anti-Doping Agency announced on the 22nd the results of a preliminary investigation on alleged concealment of doping in weightlifting, and in a doping test, urine samples of 18 athletes in 6 countries are urine of another person It was replaced with, revealing that the breach was likely hidden.
The issue was investigated by WADA in January following reports from a German television station that the former president of the International Weightlifting Federation was involved in the replacement of urine samples from athletes who had been in violation of doping in exchange for large sums of money. It was started.
WADA's research department has collated 130 athletes suspected of having been replaced by a unique research method from an information system that stores records of doping test results from 2012 to last year (2019). We were proceeding with further investigation.
Most of the urine samples had already been disposed of, but as a result of DNA analysis of the remaining samples, WADA found that 18 athletes from 6 countries had their urine samples replaced. Revealed that it is likely.
Since this investigation is still ongoing, the specific names of the players have not been revealed.
However, the results of this survey have been reported to the International Weightlifting Federation, and in the future, attention will be focused on the response of the federation that received the report.
Regarding the International Weightlifting Federation, multiple frauds such as fraudulent money transfer and doping concealment by former presidents and executives have been pointed out, and the IOC = International Olympic Committee may exclude weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics. I warn you that there is.