Olympic drug cheat to lose gold medal - Kiw runner promoted to silver...
April 30th 2009 08:08
Olympic drug cheat to lose gold medal. Kiwi runner promoted to silver.
Nick Willis to trade Olympic bronze for silver?
Beijing Olympic 1500 metres winner has failed a drugs test which could see Nick Willis promoted to the silver medal position
New Zealand runner Nick Willis could be bumped up from the bronze medal to silver after the Beijing Olympic 1500 metre winner was named as one of six athletes to have failed a drugs test.
Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi has tested positive for CERA, a new form of the banned blood booster EPO. The Morocco-born Ramzi won the Gulf country's first ever Olympic medal when he stormed to victory in the 1500 metres.
Ramzi will travel to France to witness the opening of the B test next week. Should the B sample come back positive, Willis will move up to second place, behind Kenyan Asbel Kiprop.
Italian road race silver medallist Davide Rebellin has also been named as one of the six new positives, as has fellow cyclist Stefan Schumacher from Germany, who was suspended in March after failing a test at the Tour de France.
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