[9] In 2020 an investigative television program, broadcast on German TV network ARD, exposed doping and corruption scandals within the sport.

There is, nevertheless, a pathway for weightlifting's potential inclusion, if all issues are satisfactorily addressed by the new leadership of IWF before a key meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 2023.

The IOC requires the IWF to demonstrate its transition "towards compliance and an effective change of culture", and successfully address doping within the sport and "ensure the integrity, robustness, and full independence of its anti-doping programme.

[20] Weightlifting is scheduled as part of the 2024 Olympics program in Paris, although with reduced numbers of athletes, weight-classes, and events.

The IWF believes strongly in the unifying mission of sport and the Olympic Movement and welcomes the exploration of a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under strict conditions.