London 2012 lifters stripped of gold medals after retests
Three female Kazakhstan weightlifters, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, have been stripped of their medals by the International Olympic Committee following doping retests. The medalists are among eight athletes disqualified, with 98 samples from the 2008 and 2012 Games testing positive for banned substances. Six medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics have also been disqualified.