LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian runner Yulia Zaripova, gold medalist in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, is among the athletes who tested positive in a reanalysis of their doping samples.
Zaripova is among 12 more athletes — including seven medalists — disqualified retroactively by the IOC on Monday after their stored samples were retested with improved techniques.
The IOC says Zaripova tested positive for the steroid turinabol.
Zaripova was already expected to lose the gold medal after she was handed a backdated ban last year for irregularities in her biological passport.