Olympic Coverage 8/24: Anti-Medal Roundup!

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Robert Fazekus of Hungary (Gold Medal-Men’s Discus) was stripped of his medal and suspended from the games for doping (screening drug tests).

Irini Korzhanenko of Russia (Gold Medal-Women’s Shotput) was stripped of her medal for testing positive for steroids.

Leonidas Sampanis of Greece (Bronze Medal-Weightlifting) was stripped of his medal and expelled for testing positive for testosterone injections.

Other Expulsions
Nine weightlifters
Two Greek basketball players
A Kenyan boxer
A Swiss Cyclist
A Spanish Canoeist
An Irish Distance Runner
A Belarusian High Jumper
And a partridge in a pear tree…..