LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova has been stripped of her bronze medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after her doping samples were retested and came back positive for steroids.
The International Olympic Committee says Chicherova, who won the gold medal at the 2012 London Games, tested positive for turinabol and has been retroactively disqualified from Beijing.
The IOC says the Russian Olympic Committee should secure the return of her bronze medal “as soon as possible.”
The IOC stores doping samples for 10 years to allow for them to be reanalyzed when improved methods become available.