Russia’s 4x400m women’s relay team was stripped of its London 2012 silver medal yesterday after the IOC named one of its athletes as a doping cheat.
Using new technology the International Olympic Committee is retesting hundreds of stored samples from the 2012 and Beijing 2008 Games as part of its drive to clean up the drug-tainted Olympics.
The latest to be snared is Antonina Krivoshapka, a 400m runner who was part of the Russian team that came second in the relay in London. The IOC said the 29-year-old tested positive for the banned steroid turinabol and it means that the …read more
Source: Gulf times
