17-year-old <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/cwg-2018-jitu-rai-clinches-gold-in-air-pistol-event-129253">Mehuli Ghosh won a silver</a> medal in the air rifle event at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

It was Mehuli's maiden medal at the CWG which she grabbed in a shoot-off.

Apurvi Chandela won a bronze in the women's air rifle category. The ace shooter had won a gold in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games earlier.

The gold medal was won by Singapore's Martina Veloso.

Earlier the day, Indian men's team member Jitu Rai won gold in 10 meters air pistol event with Om Mitharwal bagging the bronze. Jitu created a new CWG record of 235.1 in the final to win the gold.

Apurvi Chandela won a bronze in the women's air rifle category.

17-year-old Mehuli Ghosh won a silver medal in the air rifle event at the Commonwealth Games on Monday. It was Mehuli's maiden medal at the CWG which she grabbed in a shoot-off. Apurvi Chandela won a bronze in the women's air rifle category. The ace shooter had won a gold in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games earlier. The gold medal was won by Singapore's Martina Veloso. Earlier the day, Indian men's team member Jitu Rai won gold in 10 meters air pistol event with Om Mitharwal bagging the bronze. Jitu created a new CWG record of 235.1 in the final to win the gold.

CWG 2018: 17-year-old Mehuli Ghosh wins silver, Apurvi Chandela grabs bronze in shooting

Pradeep Singh <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/commonwealth-games-vikas-thakur-wins-bronze-medal-in-94-kg-weightlifting-129103?amp">won the silver medal today</a>&nbsp;in men's 105 kg weightlifting category at the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast on Monday.

On Sunday, Vikas Thakur had claimed the bronze medal in the 94 kg category. He lifted a total weight of 351 kg to equal his personal best which included 159kg snatch and 192kg in clean & jerk.

India has now won six weightlifting medals so far, including five golds.

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On Sunday, Vikas Thakur had claimed the bronze medal in the 94 kg category.

Pradeep Singh won the silver medal today in men's 105 kg weightlifting category at the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast on Monday. On Sunday, Vikas Thakur had claimed the bronze medal in the 94 kg category. He lifted a total weight of 351 kg to equal his personal best which included 159kg snatch and 192kg in clean & jerk. India has now won six weightlifting medals so far, including five golds.

CWG 2018: Pradeep Singh wins silver in men's weightlifting

Indian weightlifter Punam Yadav won the sixth gold medal at the Commonwealth Games winning in the Women's 69kg weightlifting event.&nbsp;

The previous five medals have also been won in the same category so far. Yadav lifted a total of of 222kg (100 snatch and 122 clean and jerk) to beat England's Sarah Davies - her closest competitor - to take her second medal at the Commonwealth Games.&nbsp;

She had previously won the bronze medal in Glasgow Games in 2014.&nbsp;

On Sunday, England's Sarah Davies took silver with 217 kg, while Apolonia Vaivai (216 kg) got bronze.

22-year-old Yadav finished after lifting 100kg in her final attempt in the snatch and then sweapt a clean and jerk lifting 118 kg in her first attempt. In a close contest, she failed to lift 122kg in her second clean and jerk attempt, but a clean lift on the third saw her confirm the medal.

Yadav had claimed a silver at last year's Commonwealth Championships last year, her first event after making the jump from 63kg to 69kg category.

Earlier Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) and Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) had claimed gold medals in the ongoing edition.&nbsp;

The previous five medals have also been won in the same category so far. Yadav lifted a total of of 222kg (100 snatch and 122 clean and jerk) to beat England's Sarah Davies

Indian weightlifter Punam Yadav won the sixth gold medal at the Commonwealth Games winning in the Women's 69kg weightlifting event. The previous five medals have also been won in the same category so far. Yadav lifted a total of of 222kg (100 snatch and 122 clean and jerk) to beat England's Sarah Davies - her closest competitor - to take her second medal at the Commonwealth Games. She had previously won the bronze medal in Glasgow Games in 2014. On Sunday, England's Sarah Davies took silver with 217 kg, while Apolonia Vaivai (216 kg) got bronze. 22-year-old Yadav finished after lifting 100kg in her final attempt in the snatch and then sweapt a clean and jerk lifting 118 kg in her first attempt. In a close contest, she failed to lift 122kg in her second clean and jerk attempt, but a clean lift on the third saw her confirm the medal. Yadav had claimed a silver at last year's Commonwealth Championships last year, her first event after making the jump from 63kg to 69kg category. Earlier Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg) and Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) had claimed gold medals in the ongoing edition.

CWG 2018: Weightlifting gold rush continues, Punam claims 5th for India

Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala claimed India's fourth gold medal at 21st Commonwealth Games in 85 kg category.

With four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal&nbsp;India stands at&nbsp;the fourth&nbsp;position of the medal table tally.

Rahul&nbsp;lifted a total of 338 kg weight, 151kg in snatch and 187kg in clean & jerk.

The Indian was locked in a close battle with Samoa's Don Opeloge, who ended with a total of 331kg (151kg+180kg) but 21-year-old Rahul, who is a Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist emerged as the winner.

Earlier,&nbsp;Indian weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam won gold in the men's 77 kg category on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. He successfully lifted 173 kg in his second clean and jerk attempt to bring India yet another gold in weightlifting.

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Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala wins India's fourth gold medal at 21st Commonwealth Games in 85 kg category

Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala claimed India's fourth gold medal at 21st Commonwealth Games in 85 kg category. With four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal India stands at the fourth position of the medal table tally. Rahul lifted a total of 338 kg weight, 151kg in snatch and 187kg in clean & jerk. The Indian was locked in a close battle with Samoa's Don Opeloge, who ended with a total of 331kg (151kg+180kg) but 21-year-old Rahul, who is a Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist emerged as the winner. Earlier, Indian weightlifter Sathish Kumar Sivalingam won gold in the men's 77 kg category on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. He successfully lifted 173 kg in his second clean and jerk attempt to bring India yet another gold in weightlifting. News Flash: Venkat Rahul Ragala wins GOLD Medal in Men's Weighlifting (85 kg category) lifting total of 338 kg (151+187). Its 4th Gold for India & 6th Medal overall #CWG2018 pic.twitter.com/onHWxqE1rL — India@Sports (@India_AllSports) April 7, 2018 × Venkat Rahul Ragala wins gold for India in Men's 85 kg weightlifting in #CommonwealthGames2018 pic.twitter.com/IncsYL4bwG — ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2018 ×

Commonwealth Games: Rahul Ragala claims India's fourth gold medal

Weightlifter P Gururaja claimed the first medal for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games(CWG) winning the silver medal in the 56 kg category.

The 25-year-old Indian Air Force employee finished behind Malaysia's three-time Commonwealth Championships medallist Muhammad Izhar Ahmed who broke the CWG record.

The third position was taken by Sri Lanka's Lakmal Chaturanga.

Gururaja was third after the&nbsp;snatch but&nbsp;pulled off his best lifting 111kg after two good lifts before surviving a few nervous moments in the clean and jerk.

The Indian weightlifter failed in his first two attempts before managing a good lift off his last chance to finish second and claim the silver medal.

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Weightlifter P Gururaja won the silver medal

Weightlifter P Gururaja claimed the first medal for India at the 21st Commonwealth Games(CWG) winning the silver medal in the 56 kg category. The 25-year-old Indian Air Force employee finished behind Malaysia's three-time Commonwealth Championships medallist Muhammad Izhar Ahmed who broke the CWG record. The third position was taken by Sri Lanka's Lakmal Chaturanga. Gururaja was third after the snatch but pulled off his best lifting 111kg after two good lifts before surviving a few nervous moments in the clean and jerk. The Indian weightlifter failed in his first two attempts before managing a good lift off his last chance to finish second and claim the silver medal.

Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter P Gururaja opens India's account, wins silver

A furious Iran slammed Georgian lifter Lasha Talakhadze&#39;s Olympic gold medal as a &quot;conspiracy&quot; on Tuesday, with riot police called to the Rio Games weightlifting venue as tensions boiled over. 
 
Iranian super heavyweight and favourite Behdad Salimikordasiabi sensationally crashed out of the men`s +105kg class after judges ruled he had failed to register a total in the clean and jerk.&nbsp; 
 
Defending champion Salimikordasiabi, known as &quot;Salimi&quot;, and his coach angrily remonstrated with officials for several minutes in the arena before the contest was finished as boisterous Iranian fans booed incessantly. 
 
&quot;There&#39;s a conspiracy. Our enemies were on the jury,&quot; an irate Iranian coach Sajjad Anoushiravani told reporters, appearing to be referring to a judge from Iraq. 
 
&quot;It&#39;s obvious they took the medal from Salimi. The jury was selected for this to happen. 
 
&quot;He is a gold medallist from London. He broke the world record here. They may as well throw the whole thing in the trash,&quot; seethed Anoushiravani. 
 
Salimi, sometimes referred to as the &quot;Iranian Hercules&quot;, set a new world record of 216kg in the snatch to lead Talakhadze by 1kg going into the clean and jerk. 
 
Judges ruled that the 26-year-old super heavyweight&#39;s first jerk was a no lift. The jury then dramatically over-ruled the judges&#39; decision that his second lift had been legitimate. 
 
Salimi thought he had successfully raised 245kg above his head but the panel of referees on the jury ruled that his left arm had not been straight.&nbsp; 
 
He failed again on his third attempt and he and Anoushiravani left the podium gesticulating wildly at the judges. 
 
With the competition still going on the pair then re-entered the arena to remonstrate with them.&nbsp; 
 
Salimi wagged his finger and shouted at jury members while the coach was even seen arguing with International Weightlifting Federation President Tamas Ajan. 
 
Angry Iranian fans then booed every lift thereafter, including those of Talakhadze and Irakli Turmanidze, also of Georgia, who eventually claimed bronze. 
 
&quot;Why should they take this from us so easily?&quot; 26-stone (170kg) Salimi blubbed to reporters.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;There&#39;s a malfunction in the system, people saw what happened,&quot; he sobbed.Talakhadze held his nerve as pandemonium went on around him to haul a combined total of 473kg -- a world record -- to beat silver medallist Gor Minasyan of Armenia by a massive 22kg. 
 
&quot;There was anger in the hall. But it had nothing to do with me. I just did what I was supposed to do,&quot; said Talakhadze, who has previously served a two-year ban for doping. 
 
&quot;The Iranian was an Olympic champion. But he made mistakes and he failed with his attempts. All my career I&#39;ve been trying to become Olympic champion and now I am. 
 
&quot;The crowd were booing when I was competing. They were wailing. Maybe this gave me more power and strength to become the champion,&quot; he added.&nbsp; 
 
Armenian silver medallist Gor Minasyan condemned the behaviour of the Iranian fans, who stayed on to boo and jeer after the competition had finished, sparking the riot police into action. 
 
&quot;It was bad sporting behaviour from the spectators,&quot; said Minasyan, who has also previously served a two-year band for testing positive for illegal substances. 
 
Around a dozen heavily-armed riot police entered the arena as tensions threatened to escalate but calmness was restored.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;It was just for a precautionary measure and they weren`t used,&quot; the venue`s media manager said. 
 
Sam Coffa, chairman of the IWF&#39;s technical committee, said afterwards that the Iranian team could be disciplined for their behaviour as he defended the judges&#39; decisions against Salimi. 
 
(AFP)

Iran officials protested vociferously after men's +105kg class favourite Behdad Salimikordasiabi crashed out of the event

A furious Iran slammed Georgian lifter Lasha Talakhadze's Olympic gold medal as a "conspiracy" on Tuesday, with riot police called to the Rio Games weightlifting venue as tensions boiled over. Iranian super heavyweight and favourite Behdad Salimikordasiabi sensationally crashed out of the men`s +105kg class after judges ruled he had failed to register a total in the clean and jerk. Defending champion Salimikordasiabi, known as "Salimi", and his coach angrily remonstrated with officials for several minutes in the arena before the contest was finished as boisterous Iranian fans booed incessantly. "There's a conspiracy. Our enemies were on the jury," an irate Iranian coach Sajjad Anoushiravani told reporters, appearing to be referring to a judge from Iraq. "It's obvious they took the medal from Salimi. The jury was selected for this to happen. "He is a gold medallist from London. He broke the world record here. They may as well throw the whole thing in the trash," seethed Anoushiravani. Salimi, sometimes referred to as the "Iranian Hercules", set a new world record of 216kg in the snatch to lead Talakhadze by 1kg going into the clean and jerk. Judges ruled that the 26-year-old super heavyweight's first jerk was a no lift. The jury then dramatically over-ruled the judges' decision that his second lift had been legitimate. Salimi thought he had successfully raised 245kg above his head but the panel of referees on the jury ruled that his left arm had not been straight. He failed again on his third attempt and he and Anoushiravani left the podium gesticulating wildly at the judges. With the competition still going on the pair then re-entered the arena to remonstrate with them. Salimi wagged his finger and shouted at jury members while the coach was even seen arguing with International Weightlifting Federation President Tamas Ajan. Angry Iranian fans then booed every lift thereafter, including those of Talakhadze and Irakli Turmanidze, also of Georgia, who eventually claimed bronze. "Why should they take this from us so easily?" 26-stone (170kg) Salimi blubbed to reporters. "There's a malfunction in the system, people saw what happened," he sobbed.Talakhadze held his nerve as pandemonium went on around him to haul a combined total of 473kg -- a world record -- to beat silver medallist Gor Minasyan of Armenia by a massive 22kg. "There was anger in the hall. But it had nothing to do with me. I just did what I was supposed to do," said Talakhadze, who has previously served a two-year ban for doping. "The Iranian was an Olympic champion. But he made mistakes and he failed with his attempts. All my career I've been trying to become Olympic champion and now I am. "The crowd were booing when I was competing. They were wailing. Maybe this gave me more power and strength to become the champion," he added. Armenian silver medallist Gor Minasyan condemned the behaviour of the Iranian fans, who stayed on to boo and jeer after the competition had finished, sparking the riot police into action. "It was bad sporting behaviour from the spectators," said Minasyan, who has also previously served a two-year band for testing positive for illegal substances. Around a dozen heavily-armed riot police entered the arena as tensions threatened to escalate but calmness was restored. "It was just for a precautionary measure and they weren`t used," the venue`s media manager said. Sam Coffa, chairman of the IWF's technical committee, said afterwards that the Iranian team could be disciplined for their behaviour as he defended the judges' decisions against Salimi. (AFP)

Conspiracy claims mar weightlifting event at Rio, riot police called in

Weightlifter Ruslan Nurudinov, known as the &quot;Pride of Uzbekistan&quot;, struck gold in the men`s 105kg class with an Olympic record at the Rio Games on Monday. 
 
The 24-year-old raised a combined total of 431kg above his head to win by a massive 14kg over 19-year-old silver medallist Simon Martirosyan of Armenia.&nbsp; 
 
Kazakhstan`s Alexandr Zaichikov, who served a doping ban from 2013 to 2015, claimed bronze with 416. 
 
Nurudinov, who already had gold assured, lifted 237kg in the clean and jerk to set a new Olympic record. 
 
Afterwards he sank to his knees, roared and burst into tears.&nbsp; 
 
He then ran a lap of the platform waving an Uzbek flag as the crowd stood and cheered.&nbsp; 
 
(AFP)

'Pride of Uzbekistan' won by a massive 14kg over silver medalist Martirosyan of Armenia in 105kg weightlifting event

Weightlifter Ruslan Nurudinov, known as the "Pride of Uzbekistan", struck gold in the men`s 105kg class with an Olympic record at the Rio Games on Monday. The 24-year-old raised a combined total of 431kg above his head to win by a massive 14kg over 19-year-old silver medallist Simon Martirosyan of Armenia. Kazakhstan`s Alexandr Zaichikov, who served a doping ban from 2013 to 2015, claimed bronze with 416. Nurudinov, who already had gold assured, lifted 237kg in the clean and jerk to set a new Olympic record. Afterwards he sank to his knees, roared and burst into tears. He then ran a lap of the platform waving an Uzbek flag as the crowd stood and cheered. (AFP)

Rio Olympics 2016: Nurudinov's heavy lifting cleans up Games record en route to gold

Russia&#39;s weightlifters face being banned from the Rio Olympics, subject to confirmation by the International Olympic Committee, in another collective doping punishment to hit the country. 
 
Five days after its track and field team&#39;s suspension from the 2016 Games was upheld, Russia&#39;s weightlifters are now also set to be suspended from the 2016 Olympics. 
 
Belarus and weightlifting superpower Kazakhstan were also banned over failed retests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics on Wednesday by the sport&#39;s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which also punished other nations by reducing the number of available athlete slots in Rio. 
 
Retrospective doping tests carried out by the IOC have led to 17 positives from 2008 and 2012, said the IWF. The governing body added there may be more cases to come. 
 
The IWF is awaiting confirmation of those failures and a final tally from the IOC, who were not immediately available when contacted late on Wednesday by Reuters. 
 
Earlier this week the IOC supported the IAAF&#39;s decision to continue its ban on all Russian track and field athletes as a collective punishment for the country&#39;s systematic doping problems, saying that such a decision was for each sport&#39;s federation. 
 
Because of those results, and an unprecedented 24 positives at the weightlifting world championships in Houston, Texas, last November, a special meeting was called for this week in Tbilisi, host of this weekend&#39;s youth world championships. 
 
The IWF, stressing its &ldquo;zero tolerance&rdquo; towards dopers, said it had taken 11 places away from teams who had committed four or more doping offences in 2015. Two of those teams were Russia and Kazakhstan, so the sanctions could yet be overtaken by a team ban. The others were Azerbaijan, North Korea and Moldova (two places each) and Belarus (one). 
 
As for the banning of entire teams, the IWF said in a statement: &ldquo;The IWF Executive Board has decided that national federations confirmed to have produced three or more anti-doping rule violations in the combined re-analysis process of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games shall be suspended for one year.&nbsp;Countries thus subject to suspension are Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus.&quot; 
 
Because the tests were not carried out by the IWF, the sport&#39;s administrators are seeking formal confirmation from the IOC that the positives are not subject to appeal or amendment. 
 
The executive board also castigated the European Weightlifting Federation for its recent appointment of Sergey Systsov, president of the Russian Federation, as chair of its anti-doping commission. 
 
&quot;Given the current environment, the IWF Executive Board strongly suggests that Mr Syrtsov and the European Weightlifting Federation reconsiders the appointment,&rdquo; said a statement. 
 
The IWF has set up an independent commission to investigate the nations who returned three or more positives from the retesting of 2008 and 2012 samples, which was carried out after advances in science enabled better detection of prohibited substances. 
 
The worst offender was Kazakhstan. Ilya Ilyin, the world&rsquo;s most popular weightlifter, is expected to lose his gold medals from Beijing and London, while three Kazakh women who won in 2012 also tested positive. 
 
The IWF also vowed to toughen its anti-doping policy in future, threatening to ban nations who had the worst doping record during an Olympic qualifying period. It also said it would set up a task force and aimed to test every athlete, before the Games, who will be competing in Rio. 
 
The situation as of now indicates that four nations will not be allowed to compete in Rio. Bulgaria had been excluded last year, after 11 lifters at a training camp tested positive. Romania and Uzbekistan had already lost one quota place each. 
 
(Reuters)

Five days after its track and field team's suspension was upheld, Russia's weightlifters are now also set to be suspended from the Games

Russia's weightlifters face being banned from the Rio Olympics, subject to confirmation by the International Olympic Committee, in another collective doping punishment to hit the country. Five days after its track and field team's suspension from the 2016 Games was upheld, Russia's weightlifters are now also set to be suspended from the 2016 Olympics. Belarus and weightlifting superpower Kazakhstan were also banned over failed retests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics on Wednesday by the sport's governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which also punished other nations by reducing the number of available athlete slots in Rio. Retrospective doping tests carried out by the IOC have led to 17 positives from 2008 and 2012, said the IWF. The governing body added there may be more cases to come. The IWF is awaiting confirmation of those failures and a final tally from the IOC, who were not immediately available when contacted late on Wednesday by Reuters. Earlier this week the IOC supported the IAAF's decision to continue its ban on all Russian track and field athletes as a collective punishment for the country's systematic doping problems, saying that such a decision was for each sport's federation. Because of those results, and an unprecedented 24 positives at the weightlifting world championships in Houston, Texas, last November, a special meeting was called for this week in Tbilisi, host of this weekend's youth world championships. The IWF, stressing its “zero tolerance” towards dopers, said it had taken 11 places away from teams who had committed four or more doping offences in 2015. Two of those teams were Russia and Kazakhstan, so the sanctions could yet be overtaken by a team ban. The others were Azerbaijan, North Korea and Moldova (two places each) and Belarus (one). As for the banning of entire teams, the IWF said in a statement: “The IWF Executive Board has decided that national federations confirmed to have produced three or more anti-doping rule violations in the combined re-analysis process of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games shall be suspended for one year. Countries thus subject to suspension are Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus." Because the tests were not carried out by the IWF, the sport's administrators are seeking formal confirmation from the IOC that the positives are not subject to appeal or amendment. The executive board also castigated the European Weightlifting Federation for its recent appointment of Sergey Systsov, president of the Russian Federation, as chair of its anti-doping commission. "Given the current environment, the IWF Executive Board strongly suggests that Mr Syrtsov and the European Weightlifting Federation reconsiders the appointment,” said a statement. The IWF has set up an independent commission to investigate the nations who returned three or more positives from the retesting of 2008 and 2012 samples, which was carried out after advances in science enabled better detection of prohibited substances. The worst offender was Kazakhstan. Ilya Ilyin, the world’s most popular weightlifter, is expected to lose his gold medals from Beijing and London, while three Kazakh women who won in 2012 also tested positive. The IWF also vowed to toughen its anti-doping policy in future, threatening to ban nations who had the worst doping record during an Olympic qualifying period. It also said it would set up a task force and aimed to test every athlete, before the Games, who will be competing in Rio. The situation as of now indicates that four nations will not be allowed to compete in Rio. Bulgaria had been excluded last year, after 11 lifters at a training camp tested positive. Romania and Uzbekistan had already lost one quota place each. (Reuters)

Russia faces another Rio ban over dope tests

The &#39;B&#39; samples of two Russian women&#39;s weightlifting medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics have come back positive for steroids, Russian state news agency Tass reported yesterday.
Marina Shainova who won silver in the 58-kilogram class and Nadezhda Evstyukhina, bronze medalist in the 75-kg division, were among 10 Russian medalists from Beijing who reportedly tested positive last month in International Olympic Committee (IOC) reanalysis of their stored samples.

Shainova&#39;s coach, Vladimir Shainov, told Tass that the two lifters have now also tested positive for turinabol in their &quot;B&quot; samples.

&quot;The document about a further decision has not come yet, but now of course, they will take away the medal and disqualify. Evstyukhina is in the same situation,&quot; he said.

Once a &quot;B&quot; sample confirms the original positive finding, the IOC can open a formal doping case. The two could be stripped of their medals. Other Russian medalists from the Beijing Games who were reported to have failed retests last month included bronze medalist Anna Chicherova, who won the high jump gold at the London 2012 Games and Yulia Chermoshanskaya who won gold in the 4x100-meter relay.
The IOC stores Olympic doping samples for 10 years, so that it can reanalyze them when new testing methods become available.

Document about a further decision is yet to come, but medals will be taken away from Marina Shainova and Nadezhda Evstyukhina

The 'B' samples of two Russian women's weightlifting medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics have come back positive for steroids, Russian state news agency Tass reported yesterday. Marina Shainova who won silver in the 58-kilogram class and Nadezhda Evstyukhina, bronze medalist in the 75-kg division, were among 10 Russian medalists from Beijing who reportedly tested positive last month in International Olympic Committee (IOC) reanalysis of their stored samples. Shainova's coach, Vladimir Shainov, told Tass that the two lifters have now also tested positive for turinabol in their "B" samples. "The document about a further decision has not come yet, but now of course, they will take away the medal and disqualify. Evstyukhina is in the same situation," he said. Once a "B" sample confirms the original positive finding, the IOC can open a formal doping case. The two could be stripped of their medals. Other Russian medalists from the Beijing Games who were reported to have failed retests last month included bronze medalist Anna Chicherova, who won the high jump gold at the London 2012 Games and Yulia Chermoshanskaya who won gold in the 4x100-meter relay. The IOC stores Olympic doping samples for 10 years, so that it can reanalyze them when new testing methods become available.

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