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IOC sanctions six sportspeople for failing dope tests at Beijing Games

Xinhua, August 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

The International Olympic Committee has sanctioned six athletes for failing doping tests at the Beijing 2008 Games, the IOC said on Wednesday.

They included three Russian medallists: weighlifters Nadezda Evstyukhina and Marina Shainova, and Tatyana Firova, who finished second with teammates in the 4x400m event. Evstyukhina won a bronze medal in the Beijing Games, while Shainova won silver.

Bronze-medal weighlighter Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia and fellow weighlifters Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova and Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan were also disqualified, the IOC said in a statement. Endit