MediaMax, Armenia
Reuters: Just 2 weightlifters to represent Armenia for the 2020 Tokyo Games
The agency writes that the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has made a decision, according to which any nation with 20 or more doping violations from 2008 to 2020 will have just one man and one woman at the Games.
The list involves Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus, which have already registered a number of disqualified athletes.
Let us remind that in 2008-2012 tests of several Armenian athletes revealed prohibited substances, while at the beginning of 2018 only one Armenian athlete’s doping test showed positive result.
The new policy has been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).