The International Weightlifting Federation imposed restrictions on the federations of those countries whose athletes repeatedly were caught using doping after the 2008 Olympic Games.

According to the Polish PSz website, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Armenia in the Olympic Games of 2020 can declare only two weightlifters (one man and one woman), as the participants of these countries have been caught 20 times on the use of doping control in the last 10 years.

And those countries that violated the anti-doping rules 10-19 times, in Tokyo-2020 can submit to 4 athletes (2 men, 2 women). These countries are Ukraine, Turkey, Moldova, Iran, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, India and Uzbekistan.

According to the source, if the above-mentioned weightlifters  are caught three times in the use of doping before the Olympic Games 2020, they will automatically be deprived of the right to participate in the games.