The difference between the two cases is that Thassos Triandafilou was tested positive during the European championship, which leads to a punishment by the International Weightlifting Federation and not by the weightlifting federation.

The Hellenic Weightlifting Federation believes that it is in the “black list” of the international federation and this has led to this extreme ban of the young weightlifter.

The punishment is inadequately extreme and the worst thing is that it cannot be changed.