Two more Russian bobsleighers from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics have been stripped of their gold medals for doping, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday.
Aleksei Negodailo and Dmitrii Trunenkov were members of the same four-man bobsleigh team as Russia’s flag carrier for the Games Alexander Zubkov, who had his medal stripped on Friday. The IOC has also taken away the team’s title.
The announcement comes following hearings by an IOC commission into allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia at the 2014 Games, hosted by Russia.
The IOC also disqualified Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina from all events they took part in at the Sochi Games for doping violations, taking away the silver medals they won.
Vilukhina won silver in the women’s 7.5km biathlon event, while both were in the Russian 4x6km biathlon relay team that came second to Ukraine.
In addition, Sergei Chudinov, who came fifth in the men’s individual skeleton, was also disqualified for doping breaches.
The five athletes punished were also banned from competing at any future Winter Olympics.
Source-AFP
