DONETSK — Bahrain’s Olympic 1,500 meters champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal for doping at the Beijing 2008 Games, a source within the Olympic movement said on Wednesday.
“Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal,” the source told Reuters.
Moroccan-born Ramzi’s positive test for the banned blood-booster CERA was announced in April after frozen samples from the Beijing Olympics were re-tested for that specific substance.
Four other Olympic competitors have also been sanctioned after positive doping tests…..Read More
