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Article: All six more athletes identified for doping at Beijing Olympics
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 29, 2009
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All six more athletes identified for doping at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The six more athletes were all
identified for doping at the Beijing Olympic Games although the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not name them or the
sports involved.
National sports bodies in Bahrain and Italy confirmed Wednesday
that 1,500m champion Rashid Ramzi and road race medalist Davide
Rebellin were among the six for positive for the new blood-boosting
drug CERA in retests of their samples.
The other four were Dominican women's weightlifter Yudelquis
Contreras, German cyclist Stephan Schumacher, Greek race walker