Thailand pulls out of 2020 Olympic weightlifting over doping

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Thailand has volunteered to ban itself from Tokyo Olympic Games weightlifting next year because of doping, another blow to a sport whose place on the Olympic program is precarious. The self-imposed ban also means Thailand will still stage the world championships in Pattaya in September but with no home competitors, the International Weightlifting Federation said on Friday. The decisions follow eight failed drug tests for the Thai team that competed at the last worlds in Nove