Twelve More Medalists Test Positive From 2008 Retests

Twelve More Medalists Test Positive From 2008 Retests

The IWF has released even more positive doping test results from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the list is extensive Men Nizami Pashayev Andrei

Aug 24, 2016 by Armen Hammer
Twelve More Medalists Test Positive From 2008 Retests
The IWF has released even more positive doping test results from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the list is extensive:

Men
  • Nizami Pashayev (AZE)
  • Andrei Rybakou (BLR)
    • he took silver in 2008 in the M85 and holds the World Record snatch (187kg)
  • Vladimir Sedov (KAZ)
    • fourth place M85
  • Khadzimurat Akkaev (RUS)
    • bronze medalist in M94
  • Dmitry Lapikov (RUS)
    • bronze medalist M105

Women
  • Iryna Kulesha (BLR)
    • she also tested positive in the 2012 retests, where she took bronze in the W75
  • Nastassia Novikava (BLR)
    • she took bronze in the W53
  • Cao Lei (CHN)
    • gold medalist in the W75
  • Chen Xeixei (CHN)
    • gold medalist in the W48
  • Liu Chunhong (CHN)
    • gold medalist in the W69
  • Mariya Grabovetskaya (KAZ)
    • bronze medalist in the W75+
  • Maya Maneza (KAZ)
    • 2012 London gold medalist W63
  • Irina Nekrassova (KAZ)
    • silver medalist W63
  • Natalya Davydova (UKR)
    • bronze medalist W69
  • Olha Korobka (UKR)
    • silver medalist W75+
This athletes are added to the list of other 2008 weightlifters whose samples tested positive in the retests:
  • Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM)
  • Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)
  • Nadezda Evstyukhina (RUS)
  • Nurcan Taylan (TUR)
  • Marina Shainova (RUS), Silver Medalist 2008 Olympics W58
  • Intigam Zairov (AZE)
  • Ilya Ilyin (KAZ), Gold Medalist 2008 Olympics M94

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