Whereas there were 260 places for weightlifters at Rio 2016, the number has been cut to 120 for Paris 2024 ©Getty Images

The Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) Weightlifting Working Group has staged a three-day meeting in Montreux in Switzerland to discuss preparations for Paris 2024.

Matthew Curtain, an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board member and its delegate for Paris 2024, plus IWF competition manager Matyas Lencser represented the global body.

Curtain participated in the meeting remotely.

Jacqueline White, the weightlifting sport manager for Paris 2024, was also present alongside ORIS head Nicolas Hurel.

Representatives from Atos and Omega - both part of the IOC's flagship The Olympic Partner sponsorship programme and expected to support operations at Paris 2024 - also attended.

The Weightlifting Working Group reflected on experiences from Tokyo 2020 to set out the technical requirements for Paris 2024.

How the experiences of Tokyo 2020 may impact Pars 2024 was discussed by the ORIS Weightlifting Working Group ©Getty Images
How the experiences of Tokyo 2020 may impact Pars 2024 was discussed by the ORIS Weightlifting Working Group ©Getty Images

They also updated the overall ORIS document in accordance with the latest IWF rules and the Olympic qualification system.

Almost 1,300 athletes are on the preliminary entry list for the first Paris 2024 qualifying event, the IWF World Championships in Bogotá in December.

Weightlifting has seen its athlete quota more than halved between 2016 and 2024 in response to its poor doping record and governance issues.

While weightlifting is on the Paris 2024 programme, it is uncertain whether it will appear at the following editions of the Olympic Games.

It has been dropped from the provisional Los Angeles 2028 programme, but the IOC has said there is a "pathway" for it to be included should the IWF meets certain criteria.