- IOC’s president says scandal-hit sports under threat from 2028
- Thomas Bach says they must follow ‘pathway’ to be included
Weightlifting and boxing are the “two problem childs” of the Olympic movement and they remain at risk of being removed from the 2028 LA Games programme, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, has warned.
Bach expressed his deepest concerns about weightlifting, which has faced significant doping and governance issues, while it was made clear to boxing that it needed to continue making significant reforms following financial problems and the judging scandal at the 2016 Rio Games.