Weightlifting: Tokyo 2020 marked by firsts, but recent scandals cloud outlook

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Weightlifting was marked by a series of breakthroughs at the Tokyo Olympics -- the first openly transgender athlete to compete at any Games and the Philippine's first gold ever - but recent doping scandals are clouding its outlook ahead of Paris 2024. New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard made history https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/s...t-transgender-olympian-exits-early-2021-08-02 on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games in a different gender category to that assigned at birth, while Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz became her country's first ever Olympic gold https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/s...irst-ever-olympic-gold-philippines-2021-07-26 medallist. But the sport has recently been mired by doping scandals and an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) official last month cast doubt on its future at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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