He said Richard Pound, first president of WADA, had spoken of excluding weightlifting from the Olympics before the agency was created in 1999.
Chappelet, a specialist on the Olympic movement, said it would be possible if the IOC wanted to send a “strong signal” against doping. But it would be difficult as weightlifting is so popular in Eastern Europe.
“There are always people who would like to see weightlifting and some other sports expelled,” IWF director general Attila Adamfi told AFP.
