The International Olympic Committee will ask a German broadcaster to share evidence of alleged doping cover-ups in weightlifting and financial irregularities linked to the sport's revenues from the Games
The International Olympic Committee will ask a German broadcaster to share evidence of alleged doping cover-ups in weightlifting and financial irregularities linked to the sport's revenues from the Games
7 January 2020
A television program broadcast over the weekend by ARD implicated the International Weightlifting Federation and its long-time president, Tamas Ajan.
The show reported millions of dollars in the IWF's share of funding from past Olympics was unaccounted for in Swiss bank accounts controlled by Ajan.
ARD also claimed there were irregularities in how samples were collected from lifters.
Undercover reporters filmed an apparent confession by a lifter from Thailand who said she doped with anabolic steroids before the 2012 Olympics, where she placed third after a rival was disqualified for doping.
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