The International Weightlifting Federation confirmed on Thursday that three failed retests of drug test samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics will lead to automatic ban on China if the doping allegations are proven and the athletes in question would be disqualified by the International Olympic Committee.
2. The International Weightlifting Federation confirmed on
Thursday that three failed retests of drug test samples
from the 2008 Beijing Olympics will lead to automatic ban
on China if the doping allegations are proven and the
athletes in question would be disqualified by the
International Olympic Committee.
Three Olympic champion weightlifters from China and
eight other medalists stand to be stripped of their titles
after failing retests of their doping samples from the 2008
Olympics. The International Weightlifting Federation says
the 11 tested positive for a range of banned substances and
they are all provisionally suspended until the doping cases
are resolved.
3. In a statement on its website, the IWF said Chinese
gold medalists Cao Lei, Liu Chunhong, and Chen
Xiexia all tested positive for GHRP-2 that stimulates
growth hormone production, while Liu also tested
positive for the stimulant Sibutramine. In a statement
posted on its website, the IWF said, it in line with the
relevant rules and regulations imposed mandatory
provisional suspensions upon the athletes, who
remain provisionally suspended in view of potential
anti-doping rule violations until their cases are closed.
