OpEd: The Tough-on-doping Mantra is not a Catchphrase - It's a Prerequisite for Weightlifting's Survival
02/22/21 By Ursula Papandrea As the doping issues of recent years have turned into crises and full-blown scandals, it has been a catchphrase to adopt a tough-on-doping public stance. The examples are aplenty; at the global, national and sporting level, leaders, publicly at least, adopt a zero tolerance to doping rhetoric, yet as we have seen time and time again, the actions have not always met the words. Ursula Papandrea (IWF) We have seen it in our own sport of weightlifting, in response to the shocking allegations, and ultimately findings - through the McLaren Report - of doping and c...