LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Yulia Zaripova, the Russian gold medallist in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, was among 12 more athletes sanctioned Monday after testing positive in a reanalysis of their doping samples.
Zaripova was among seven medallists — all from countries of the former Soviet Union — disqualified retroactively from the London Games after their stored samples were retested with improved techniques and came back positive for banned substances.
Also sanctioned Monday by the International Olympic Committee were nine weightlifters, a hammer thrower and a long jumper.
Zaripova tested positive for the steroid turinabol on a urine sample she provided after winning the steeplechase final on Aug. 6, 2012, the IOC said.
Zaripova was already expected to lose the gold medal over a separate doping violation prosecuted by the IAAF. She had previously served a 2 1/2-year ban for irregularities in her biological passport. As a result of that violation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport had disqualified all of her results from July 2011 to July 2013, including the London Olympics.
A three-person IOC disciplinary commission said in its ruling that a decision in Zaripova’s case "has already been issued and has become final and binding" and "there is no longer any interest to continue the present proceedings and to issue a decision."
