One Olympic weightlifting slot striped due to doping

One Olympic weightlifting slot striped due to doping

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s weightlifting team has lost one of its three berths at the coming Olympics due to previous doping violations.

The International Weightlifting Federation in June sent a confirmation that Thạch Kim Tuấn (men’s  六 一kg), Hoàng Thị Duyên (women’s  五 九kg) and Vương Thị Huyền (women’s  四 九kg) had qualified for the Tokyo Games.

However, the International Testing Agency has forced the country to remove one female berth as punishment after four of the country’s athletes tested positive for banned drugs in  二0 一 九 and  二0 二0. None of these lifters won Olympic slots.

“The fine is obvious and we have already predicted it and prepared for it,” said Đỗ Đình Kháng, general secretary of the Việt Nam Weightlifting and Body Building Federation.

“We will discuss to choose the suitable athlete for Tokyo based on her qualification results, current performance and chance to be in top three,” he said.

The only man Tuấn is No  四 in his class in the world.

The coaches will have to choose between Huyền who is No  一 二 in the world and Duyên, world No  一0.  

Việt Nam will have  一 七 total slots at the Olympics which will begin on July  二 三. VNS