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The Sports Ministry has referred to prosecution the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation\u2019s board, management, and medical staff over the recent doping scandal that resulted in the national team\u2019s suspension for two years, according to Ahram Online<\/a>. Egypt had been banned<\/a> from the 2019 World Championships and Tokyo Olympics 2020 by the Independent Member Federation Sanctions Panel (IMFSP), in response to a 2016 scandal in which seven members of the Egyptian weightlifting team were found to be doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international quasi-judicial body, has also endorsed the ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sports Ministry has referred to prosecution the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation\u2019s board, management, and medical staff over the recent doping scandal that resulted in the national team\u2019s suspension for two years, according to Ahram Online. 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