The ten medallists who competed in weightlifting, wrestling and athletics were all found to have taken banned substances after retesting of samples. They included three silver medal winners -- Russian Khasan Baroev and Azeri Vitaliy Rahimov in Greco-Roman wrestling and Kazah weightlifter Irina Nekrassova. The six others disqualified were weightlifters and athletes from Russia, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The IOC have re-tested over 1,243 samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics based on improved techniques. The build-up to the 2016 Rio Games was overshadowed after a report found evidence of a state-sponsored doping programme in Russian sport.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 18, 2016 01:40 UTC