BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/09/2008

Belarus' Olympic medal winning duo fail dope tests

MOSCOW: Belarus' Olympic silver and bronze hammer medallists Vadim Devyatovsky and Ivan Tikhan have failed dope tests, the Russian news agency Allsport reported. The agency's report quoted a source "linked to world doping agency WADA" who said the A samples that were given by the athletes for testing after the final on August 17 in Beijing showed the presence of the banned substance testosterone. The 31-year-old Devyatovsky, who already served a two-year ban for a doping offence in 2000-2002, would face a lifetime ban if his B sample also returns a positive test. Tikhan, 32 and a three-time world champion, has never previously failed a dope test. Should they be stripped of their medals - a competition won by Slovenia's Primoz Kozmus - then Krisztian Pars of Hungary and Japan's 2004 Olympic champion Koji Murofushi would receive the silver and bronze respectively. afp

Source:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\05\story_5-9-2008_pg2_12

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