BUDAPEST, HUNGARY—Eleven weightlifters, including three Russian medallists, have tested positive for banned drugs in the latest retests of samples from the 2012 London Olympics, the International Weightlifting Federation said Wednesday. Four of the 11 are Russians, who all tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid. The three other medal winners in the group were Hripsime Khurshudyan, Armenia (bronze, over-75-kilogram division), Iryna Kulesha, Belarus (bronze, 75-kilogram division) and Cristina Iovu of Moldova (bronze, 53-kilogram division). Ivanov also tested positive for tamoxifen, a hormone modulator. The IWF said in a statement that all 11 athletes, six of whom were medallists, had been provisionally suspended until their cases are closed.

Source: thestar July 27, 2016 19:41 UTC