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Rio Olympics 2016: Kyrgyzstan weightlifter stripped of medal for doping

A weightlifter on Thursday became the first Olympian in Rio to be stripped of his medal.

Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov's bronze medal in the 69-kilogram weightlifting event was taken away by the IOC after he tested positive for strychnine, Olympics Journalists' Association president Steve Wilson reported.

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Instead, Colombia's Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano will secure bronze.

Artykov, who is 5-3, 150 pounds, lifted 339 kilograms in the event, which placed him behind China's Shi Zhiyong (gold) and Daniyar Ismayilov of Turkey (silver).