(Toru Hanai/Reuters)Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt might be the only Olympian who doesn’t appear to care whether his Russian opponent was caught doping. [WADA heard of Russian doping in 2010, didn’t investigate until media reports]“If possible [Kudukhov] must be allowed to keep the medal,” Yogeshwar wrote on Twitter in Hindi (via TheHindu.com). [IOC strips Russia of another 2008 track and field medal for doping violations]Several Russian athletes have lost their medals because of the new, enhanced tests. Previously, Russia lost the silver medal it won in the 2008 women’s 4×400-meter relay after two runners, Tatyana Firova and Anastasia Kapachinskaya, tested positive for various PEDs. In individual events, Russian weightlifter Marina Shainova lost her 2008 silver medal, while teammate Nadezda Evstyukhina lost her bronze.

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2016 22:27 UTC