IOC strips Azerbaijani athlete of Beijing medal after doping re-testNovember 18, 2016 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped 10 athletes, including Azerbaijan's Vitaliy Rahimov, of their Beijing 2008 Olympic medals on Thursday, November 17, after they tested positive for banned substances. Besides, Azeri weightlifter Nizami Pashaev together with five other 2008 Games athletes, who did not finish on the podium, were also retroactively disqualified from their events, Azeri media report. In total, 98 athletes were caught in the IOC’s first two waves of re-tests from Beijing and London and the results of a third and fourth wave are still to come. Related links: Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |