Five weightlifters, including two Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after retests of their samples from the 2012 London Olympics came back positive for doping, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said.

Five weightlifters suspended after London 2012 retests

All the athletes who tested positive were found to have used a banned anabolic steroid

Eleven London 2012 weightlifters test positive for doping, temporarily suspended

These results may pile pressure on the IOC to make the unprecedented move of banning an entire country from the 2016 Games for doping

IOC finds 45 new doping failures from Beijing, London Games

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Five weightlifters suspended after London 2012 retests

Eleven London 2012 weightlifters test positive for doping, temporarily suspended

IOC finds 45 new doping failures from Beijing, London Games