LONDON -- The IOC has stripped Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi of his 1,500-metre Olympic gold medal and disqualified four other athletes because of doping in Beijing.
The International Olympic Committee took action yesterday against five athletes who tested positive in April in retroactive tests for CERA, an advanced version of blood-boosting drug EPO.
The Moroccan-born Ramzi was the only gold medallist from Beijing caught for doping. He had given Bahrain its first Olympic track and field gold.
The IOC also stripped Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin of his silver medal in the Beijing road race. German cyclist Stefan Schumacher, Croatian 800-metre runner Vanja Perisic, and Greek race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka were disqualified.
BMW on board
LONDON -- BMW is the latest top-tier domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, and organizers remain in talks with additional potential investors.
The German carmaker was presented as the official automotive sponsor of the games in a deal worth an estimated $67-million US in cash and services.
Head Games
NEW YORK -- Fans will have a chance to design the artwork that will appear on U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn's helmet during the Vancouver Olympics.
NBC said fans as young as 13 can submit entries online from Nov. 23-Dec. 21.
A team of judges will narrow the entries to three finalists, which will be displayed on NBCOlympics.com in early January. Fans can then vote for their favourite, though Vonn will have the final say.
Lucky No. 7 for luger?
CALGARY -- Wilfried Huber's first Olympic Games were in Calgary in 1988.
After sliding in every Games since then, the Italian luger aims to close his career in Canada in 2010 and make Olympic history while doing so.
Huber could be the first athlete to participate seven Winter Olympics at the Games in Vancouver. But first he must qualify for the Italian Olympic team to stake that claim.
Source:torontosun.com/
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