Weightlifter News
Sanket Sargar Mahadev had broken the commonwealth and national record earlier as he lifted 256 kg (snatch- 113 kg; clean and jerk - 143 kg) at the Singapore Weightlifting International in February this year
The IOC has consistently said it is committed to inclusion
IOC is also reviewing its guidelines to take into account the "perceived tension between fairness/safety and inclusion/non-discrimination".
BMX rider Chelsea Wolfe, another transgender athlete, will travel to Tokyo as part of the United States team, but is named as an alternate and not assured of competing.
Weightlifter Punam Yadav, who won India a gold medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast was attacked with bricks and stones by unidentified assailants here on Saturday when she was visiting a relative, police said.
Powerlifting world champion Saksham Yadav, who met with a car accident on Sunday morning, has succumbed to his injuries.
Panwar, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, came to the limelight when she bagged a gold medal in the +75kg category at the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati last year.
"In total, the CAS... dealt with seven doping cases," it said in a statement.
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