Original title: The main force of the Chinese team is not affected
On March 15, the International Weightlifting Federation announced that, for the sake of athletes' health, a series of qualification events for the Tokyo Olympic Games, including the World Youth Championships, would be cancelled or postponed. For example, the World Youth Championships originally scheduled to be held in Romania in the middle of March would be cancelled, and the European Championships, Asian Championships and non championships originally scheduled to start in April would be postponed to June. It is reported that the International Lift off Federation will hold an executive committee meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 17 and 18 to discuss how to change the method of Olympic qualification points.
In the cycle of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Lift off Federation has made a major reform on the Olympic qualifying events: from the original World Championships and Intercontinental Championships to the team Olympic qualification, each athlete must participate in at least six qualifying events in total in three time periods, and then select the best results in four of them to calculate the Olympic points, so that the individual athlete can obtain the Olympic qualification. Therefore, the suspension of several Olympic qualification events will lead to the lack of points for many athletes.
It is worth mentioning that although the epidemic has interfered with the training of the Chinese weightlifting team and led to the cancellation of several Olympic qualification events, it has not affected the Olympic qualification points of the main members of the Chinese team. The Chinese weightlifting team was originally scheduled to go to Hainan for training on the second day of the year, but because of the epidemic situation, they had to continue to prepare for the battle in the weightlifting hall in the courtyard of the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sport of China in Beijing. Zhou Jinqiang, chairman of the China Weightlifting Association, said that since the International Weightlifting Federation announced the points method for qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese team has made the decision to "actively participate in the qualifying events and get points as soon as possible". At the end of last year, it has already gained enough points through participation, so it is not affected by the suspension of the International Weightlifting Federation. "Most of the main players have obtained Olympic qualification. The national team is now in an active position," Zhou Jinqiang said. (All media reporter Bai Zhibiao)
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