Yelena Slesarenko: the 2004 Olympic champion’s Beijing 2008 sample tested positive
MARK SHEARMAN
SEVEN more athletes have had results disqualified from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics after retests by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) came back positive for banned substances.
Russia’s Olympic high jump champion from 2004, Yelena Slesarenko, is among the biggest names to have been identified from 2008 in the latest IOC announcements, while 2012 steeplechase champion Yuliya Zaripova has also been disqualified.
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