Seven Olympics 2012 medallists fail drug retests
Ten weightlifters, including seven London 2012 medallists, have failed dope retests and provisionally been suspended ahead of Rio 2016. Kazakhstan lifter Ilya Ilyin, who won Gold at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, is among the suspended athletes, besides reigning women’s 58kg world champion Boyanka Kostova. Medallists from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus have also failed the tests.