BERLIN (Reuters) - Re-testing of more than a thousand samples from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics uncovered only one athlete to have taken banned substances, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday. The IOC said it had conducted re-tests of 1,195 urine samples, including those of all medallists from the winter Games seven years ago as well as of all Russian athletes. "Three adverse analytical findings, all coming from one athlete, are being taken forward for results management," the IOC said in a statement. The low number of positive re-tests from Vancouver is in stark contrast with the results from samples from the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics. "This wide-ranging re-analysis is another demonstration of the IOC's commitment to fight against doping and to protect clean athletes," IOC President Thomas Bach said.

Source: The Star October 09, 2017 15:00 UTC