IOC strips Turkish weightlifter of 2008 Olympic silver medal for doping

The IOC on Friday disqualified a silver medal-winning Turkish weightlifter from the 2008 Beijing Olympics for doping with an anabolic steroid. The IOC said Sibel Ozkan, who placed second in the women’s 48-kg class, tested positive for stanozolol in recent re-tests of her urine sample. The 28-year-old Ozkan has been ordered to return her medal […]

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