LAUSANNE - Cuban discus thrower Yarelys Barrios has been stripped of her Olympic silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games after failing a retroactive drug test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. Cuba's Yarelys Barrios, who won silver in Beijing 2008 Games, tested positive for the diuretic and masking agent acetazolamideBarrios, 33, and Qatari track and field athlete Samuel Adelebari Francis, 29, both tested positive for banned substances in tests originally taken at Beijing 2008. Barrios, 33, won silver in the discus in Beijing. She tested positive for the diuretic and masking agent acetazolamide, and has now been ordered to return her medal. The former Asian 100m champion tested positive for the banned substance stanozolol.

Source: Bangkok Post September 01, 2016 09:33 UTC