The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced three more doping
offense, bringing the total number of the positive cases to nine at last month's
Beijing Olympic Games.
The IOC said in a statement issued yesterday that two hammer throw
medalists from Belarus and a canoeist from Poland failed doping tests during the
Aug. 8-24 Beijing Games.
Silver medalist Vadim Deviatovsky and Ivan Tsikhan, bronze medallist and Adam
Seroczynski, who placed fourth in the men's kayak double (K2) 1000m event were
the offenders, said the IOC.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed of Thomas Bach (Chairman), Denis
Oswald and Gerhard Heiberg, met in Lausanne on the three pending doping cases
from the Games.
The IOC Disciplinary Commission gave the two Belarusian hammer throwers the
opportunity to provide further information until 17 October 2008. The decision
by the IOC Disciplinary Commission will be taken once this information has been
analyzed.
The decision concerning the Polish canoeist will be issued by the IOC
Disciplinary Commission on 8 October 2008.
More than 4,700 doping tests were conducted at the Beijing Games.
