On the 23rd, the website of the Chinese Weightlifting Association released a statement from the weightlifting Olympic champion Lu Xiaojun.
In the statement, Lu Xiaojun responded to the previous announcement by the international testing agency that he had tested positive for doping, saying that he has always complied with the regulations and will cooperate with the investigation to return his innocence.
In the men's weightlifting 81kg final at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese player Lu Xiaojun won the championship, breaking Olympic records in snatch, clean and jerk, and total scores.
On the 22nd local time, the website of the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced that the Olympic champion Lu Xiaojun tested positive for an out-of-competition doping test in October.
The ITA said Lu Xiaojun had been informed of the situation and had been temporarily suspended until the matter was resolved.
Lu Xiaojun has the right to request the analysis of the sample of bottle B.
Lu Xiaojun responded to this in his statement, saying, "On December 20, 2022, I received an email from the international inspection agency informing me that my sample test result was positive for a non-specific substance. I was shocked. As an old athlete, I have always Strictly abide by the anti-doping regulations of the International Weightlifting Federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the China Anti-Doping Agency.”
Lu Xiaojun said: In my 24 years of weightlifting career, I have experienced countless competitions and accepted hundreds of doping tests, without a single violation.
Since my comeback in August 2022, in just 4 months, I have undergone a total of 8 doping tests.
Lu Xiaojun said in a statement: "I love weightlifting very much. As a weightlifter, I have won almost all the honors. I have no motivation or reason to use it in the last leg of my beloved weightlifting career Any prohibited substances. I will cooperate with relevant agencies to conduct investigations to find out the real cause of the problem and clear myself."
The website of the Chinese Weightlifting Association issued a statement in response to this matter, saying that the Chinese Weightlifting Association was deeply shocked by the news that Lu Xiaojun's sample was positive for prohibited substances.
For a long time, the Chinese Weightlifting Association has pursued the goal of "zero occurrence" with a "zero tolerance" attitude in anti-doping work.
The Chinese Weightlifting Association believes that the international inspection agency and the International Weightlifting Federation will find out the facts and make a fair ruling. While cracking down on doping violations, they will also protect the legal rights of clean athletes.
In July this year, Lu Xiaojun celebrated his 38th birthday. At that time, he said that he was fully preparing for the Paris Olympics and striving to win gold in Paris.
In 2009, Lu Xiaojun won the men's 77kg weightlifting championship and broke the world record. He was elected as the best male weightlifter of the year.
Since then, he has repeatedly achieved good results in the international arena.
In the 2012 London Olympics, Lu Xiaojun, who made his Olympic debut for the first time, showed his demeanor. He broke his own world record in the snatch of 175 kg, performed normally in the clean and jerk of 204 kg, and broke the world record and Olympic record with a total score of 379 kg. He broke the Olympic men's 77 kg class. Gold medal in the bag.
Lu Xiaojun was in the game.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Lu Xiaojun won the silver medal with a total score of 379 kg in the men's weightlifting 77 kg competition.
However, due to the violation of relevant anti-doping regulations by champion player Rahimov, all his medals, points and prizes from March 15, 2016 to January 18, 2021 were withdrawn.
Lu Xiaojun is expected to win the men's 77kg weightlifting gold medal at the Rio Olympics.
In 2018, the International Weightlifting Federation made adjustments to the weight class, and Lu Xiaojun was upgraded to the 81 kg class.
At the Weightlifting World Championships held in the same year, he ranked first with a total score of 374 kg, and also set a world record for the total score of 81 kg.
Pian Lu Xiaojun stood on the Olympic podium.
At the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships, he even won the men's 81 kg class snatch, clean and jerk, and total score three times, breaking two world records in clean and jerk and total score.
In the men's 81kg weightlifting final at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese athlete Lu Xiaojun won the championship with a snatch of 170kg, a clean and jerk of 204kg, and a total score of 374kg. The snatch, clean and jerk, and total scores all broke Olympic records.
Regarding the 2024 Paris Olympics, Lu Xiaojun once said in an interview with the media: "I have confidence in the Paris Olympics, but I know this will be a very difficult and difficult preparation process." Lu Xiaojun said frankly that the four consecutive Olympic Games will become his goal new goal.