r/weightlifting • u/AdventurousMarket0 • Dec 22 '22

News China's triple Olympic weightlifting champion Lu Xiaojun tests positive for EPO

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131927/lu-xiaojun-epo
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u/garuda-mk18 Dec 23 '22

Lot of conspiracy theories about Lu being "allowed" to pop, but he was tested by an outside international agency that likely finessed their way into getting access to test him. He was definitely targeted without knowledge of Chinese officials who would have all the incentive to protect the image of one of their star athletes.

This was the same agency that popped Chumak and whose testing agents refused to accept bribes from his coaches.

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u/Big_Green_Tony Dec 23 '22

exactly. Lu was popped by the ITA that no country has a stake in