Temporary suspension of five foursomes after a new sample analysis of the 2012 Olympic Games

PARIS – The International Weightlifting Federation announced Monday that five foursomes, including two Olympic heroes, had been temporarily suspended after the re-badysis of urine samples taken on the sidelines of the International Olympic Committee in London.

Strip off my gold turret

The list of suspended athletes includes Ukrainian Olyxi Turukhti, who won a gold medal weighing less than 105 kg six years ago, and Uzbekistan Ruslan Norodonov, who won the same gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Rio 2016 after positive tests for doping.

The new badysis of the specimens should result in the stripping of Turchetti gold, while the Norodonov penalty will be limited as the positive samples were taken four years before his victory in Rio de Janeiro.

Valentin Khristov also risks losing his bronze medal with a weight of less than 56 kg at the 2012 Olympic Games after a positive doping test, while Armenian Melin Dalozian and Belarusian Mikalay Novikau have not won. no medal at the London Olympics.

Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) re-badyzed samples of the 2012 Olympic Games using "the latest scientific means", entrusting them to a newly created international agency. – (AFP)