PARIS, Dec 24 (AFP): Five weightlifters, including two Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after reanalysis of urine samples provided during the 2012 London Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation announced on Monday.
Ukrainian Oleksiy Torokhtiy, Olympic -105kg gold medallist six years ago, and Uzbek Ruslan Nurudinov, who won the same category in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, both tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Only Torokhtiy stands to lose his title, as the samples retested were given four years before Nurudinov's gold-medal winning performance in Brazil.
Five weightlifters banned after 2012 Olympic tests reanalysed
FE Team | Published: December 24, 2018 23:35:14
Five weightlifters banned after 2012 Olympic tests reanalysed
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