Lyudmyla Blonska Stripped of Olympic Silver Medal for Doping
Lyudmyla Blonska of Ukraine has been forced to relinquish the Silver Medal that she was awarded in the womens heptathlon event after testing positive for steroid use, the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday. She had been temporarily suspended and removed from the long jump competition on Thursday pending verification of the test results. The official ban was made on Friday.
This is the second doping offense for Blonska and she faces a possible lifetime Olympic ban. Sanctions may also be taken against her coach, Sergei Blonsky.
Blonska’s removal gives Hyleas Fountain of the United States the Silver Medal in the heptathlon and Tatiana Chernova of Russia, who finished fourth in the competition, will be given the Bronze Medal.
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Aug 31, 2008 at 6:40 am
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