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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Ukraine's Lyudmyla Blonska, the heptathlon silver medallist, has failed a drugs test, the IOC said on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old's A sample tested positive for a banned substance, but the results of the B sample are still awaited.
A test conducted at 2am on Sunday has shown traces of the anabolic steroid Methytestosterone. Blonska is still waiting for the results of the B Sample.
Lyudmyla Blonska had already served a previous ban for testing positive in 2003 for stanozolol.
Blonska now faces a life ban for the latest offence.
Should Blonska be stripped of her medal, the silver would go to American Hyleas Fountain while Tatiana Chernova of Russia would get the bronze.
Olympics : Indian Boxing : Jitender Kumar Loses To Balakshin 11-15 in QuarterFinals
0 comments Posted by wedos at 5:18 AMMen's Fly Weight (51kg) : Quarterfinal : Georgy Balakshin (Russia) VS Jitender Kumar (India)
Men's Fly Weight : Jitender Kumar against Georgy Balakshin
Jitender Kumar against Georgy Balakshin
Jitender Kumar lost to Georgy BalakshinIndia's Jitender Kumar gave a tough fight but lost to 3 times European Champion Georgy Balakshin 11-15
Jitender Kumar in BLUE
Georgy Balakshin in RED
Scores by Rounds
Round1 Balakshin 2 : Jitender 1
Round2 Balakshin 5 : Jitender 5
Round3 Balakshin 6 : Jitender 2
Round4 Balakshin 2 : Jitender 3
India At Beijing Olympics : Wrestler Sushil Kumar Wins Bronze in 66KG
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Sushil Kumar of India Winning Bronze
Sushil Kumar of India against Doug Schwab of USA
Sushil Kumar of India against Albert Batyrov of Belarus
Sushil Kumar of India VS Leonid Spiridonov of KazakhstanWrestler Sushil Kumar provided an unexpected boost to India's Olympic campaign by clinching bronze medal after beating Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov in the repechage match of the men's freestyle wrestling 66kg class here on Wednesday (20th August 2008).
Earlier, India's Sushil Kumar lost ion the first round to Ukraine’s Andriy Stadnik in the men's 66 kg freestyle event.
Sushil also thwarted the challenge from American Doug Schwab and Belarrussian Albert Batyrov in the first two repechage rounds.
Sushil is only the second Indian wrestler to win the wrestling bronze after Kashabha Jadhav had returned with the medal in 1952 Helsinki Games.
Image Courtsey : AP Photo and Indiatimes.com
