The Canadian Press has the story of two idiots:
Two Belarusian hammer throwers have been stripped of silver and bronze medals they won at the Beijing Olympics for doping. Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone after finishing second and third in the 17 August hammer final at the Bird's Nest stadium.
The silver now goes to Krisztian Pars of Hungary and the bronze to Koji Murofushi of Japan. Slovenia's Primoz Kozmus won the gold medal.
Devyatovskiy faces a lifetime ban from the sport because this is his second doping offense, while it was the first violation for Tsikhan, a three-time world champion and silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The Belarusians denied drug use and appeared at a hearing before the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission in Lausanne in September. The IOC also disqualified Polish canoeist Adam Seroczynski, who tested positive for the steroid clenbuterol in Beijing after finishing fourth in the K2 event. The three cases bring to nine the number of athletes caught for doping in Beijing, six of whom were disqualified during the recent Olympics.
Rico says winning isn't everything, unless it's a gold medal at the Olympics...
No comments:
Post a Comment
No more Anonymous comments, sorry.