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October 28, 2016 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2016 21 IOC strips three London gold medallists for doping AFP a doping test but the medal was not Beijing and London after a new anal- the stakes as the World Anti-Doping taken away because he died in 2013. ysis was carried out on more than Agency (WADA) pursues its investi- Chinshanlo, now 30, Maneza, 1,240 samples using improved equip- gation into alleged state-sponsored 30, and Podobedova, 29, all tested ment. About 10 gold medalists from doping in Russia. LAUSANNE: The International positive for the steroid stanozol. London have now lost their titles or More than 110 Russians were Olympic Committee yesterday Chinshanlo was also found to have are at risk of losing them because banned from taking part in the Rio stripped three Kazakh weightlifters taken oxandrolone, another steroid. of doping - four are athletes from Olympics after an inquiry by Cana- of gold medals won at the London Both substances promote muscle Belarus. dian lawyer Richard McLaren gave 2012 Games for doping. growth. Chinshanlo won the 53kg Three Chinese weightlifting gold details of the Russia scandal. Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Maiya Man- category in London, Maneza won medal winners from Beijing have McLaren announced on Wednes- eza and Svetlana Podobedova were the 63kg gold and Podobedova the been stripped of their titles because day that the final part of his report all caught in new testing of hun- 75kg contest. of doping. would be released in early December. dreds of samples from the London Marina Shkermankova of Bela- The doping scandal is a new blow IOC leader Thomas Bach has and 2008 Beijing Olympics. rus who took bronze in the women’s to weightlifting. The International called for a major reform of WADA A weightlifter from Belarus 69kg category was also among eight Weightlifting Federation has said and the anti-doping system. WADA Kazakhstan’s Svetlana Podobedova competing to win the gold medal who won a bronze medal was also new doping cheats announced by the it wants to ban Kazakhstan, Rus- is to discuss proposals on who should disqualified by the IOC. Russian IOC. sia, Belarus and other nations for 12 carry out tests and sanctions at a during the women’s 75kg group A weightlifting event of the London weightlifter Besik Kudokov who The IOC has said that at least 98 months over doping. meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on 2012 Olympic Games at the Excel Centre in London, England in this file won a silver in London also failed competitors failed drug tests from But the scandal also heightens November 20. photo taken on August 3, 2012. Ecclestone Rossi and Lorenzo battle for keen to add to the risk factor Reuters second spot at Sepang Circuit MEXICO CITY: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, no stranger to controversial com- ments, has suggested building to hasten rain runoff and improve walls on racetrack corners to add No one has been more tyre grip. a greater sense of danger. “Sepang is always a fantastic The remarks are unlikely to sit successful at Sepang track and I like it a lot. The big prob- well with, or be treated seriously than Rossi who calls it lem is the temperature. It’s a great by, drivers and the governing FIA, challenge. It’s the toughest race of the who have worked for decades to ‘the toughest race of season, and also the track is new. We improve safety in a sport whose the season’ have new asphalt. That is always a past is littered with fatalities. big question mark, especially for the “In those (the old) days, and it tyres,” Rossi said can’t happen again, people would Rossi’s last world title came come to a race and think some- AFP in 2010, which was also the most body could get killed,” Ecclestone, recent year in which he won at who turned 86 today, told report- Sepang. The track saw the tragic ers in Austin before Formula One death in 2011 of Italian rider Marco headed to Mexico for this week- SEPANG, MALAYSIA: Valentino Simoncelli in a crash that also end’s round. Rossi and Yamaha team-mate Jorge involved Rossi and resulted in the However, he suggested races Lorenzo reprise their battle for sec- race’s cancellation. were now in danger of appearing ond place in the MotoGP season Last year’s victor in Malaysia, too safe, with drivers exceeding championship in Malaysia this week- Dani Pedrosa, will miss the race after track limits without suffering any end, with memories of last year’s breaking his collarbone in a horrific consequences. acrimonious race still fresh. crash in Japan. “I’ve been criticized probably Spain’s Marc Marquez of Rep- The final race of the season at by everybody because I wanted sol Honda clinched his third world Valencia is set for November 13. to build 40cm walls around the title in four years in Japan a fortnight Malaysian police on Wednesday corners. They keep saying they ago, shifting the focus to nine-time warned race spectators to behave, mustn’t go off the road, I prom- champion Rossi and his team-mate Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Italian rider Valentino Rossi (left) looks on as Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider hoping to prevent a recurrence of ise they won’t,” added Ecclestone. and rival Lorenzo. Marc Marquez addresses a press conference ahead of the 2016 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang an incident at Sepang during last Ecclestone said Formula One’s They return to Malaysia’s steamy International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia, yesterday. month’s Malaysia F1 race that saw street races in Baku, Monaco and Sepang circuit where Rossi last year nine Australian fans arrested. Singapore, with walls and metal was accused of sending Marquez Rossi) has changed a little bit,” Mar- strong podium last weekend at the race of the season.” The Australians fans were imme- fences, concentrated the minds sliding out of the race with a kick, quez said yesterday, referring to the Australian Grand Prix. The Sepang track is one of the diately detained on suspicion of and the racing was still good. earning the Italian legend a back-of- fallout from Sepang. Rossi fought back at Phillip Island trickiest, especially when Malay- public indecency after they stripped He said the current crop of the-grid start in the season decider “Now we have a professional from 15th on the grid to take second sia’s tropical weather comes into play. down to skimpy swimwear embla- quieter, turbo-hybrid cars also at Valencia. relationship, nothing else.” place behind Cal Crutchlow. Track temperatures can top 50 zoned with Malaysia’s flag while looked easier to drive than the Rossi later suggested that the Asked to respond, Rossi said With two races left, that gave degrees centigrade (122 Fahrenheit) celebrating countryman Daniel noisy beasts of old times. penalty -- and what he called col- coolly: “I agree with Marc.” him a 24-point lead over Lorenzo, -- putting strain on both man and Ricciardo’s win. Displays of pub- Formula One is still feeling the lusion between fellow Spaniards Rossi, 37, blew his hopes of catch- who put in a relatively lacklustre machine -- and the humidity and lic indecency are frowned upon in pain from the death of Frenchman Lorenzo and Marquez to thwart ing Marquez this year to secure a 10th sixth-place showing in Australia. sudden heavy downpours can pose Muslim-majority Malaysia, as are Jules Bianchi, who crashed into a him in Valencia -- cost him the world title when he fell in Japan. No one has been more successful at control issues. insults to the nation’s flag, but the recovery tractor at a wet Japanese championship. But he rides into the Malaysia Sepang than Rossi, who has six wins An additional wild card this Australians were eventually released race in 2014 and died in hospital of “Of course the relationship (with Grand Prix with momentum after a here, yet he called it the “toughest year is a track resurfacing designed without charge. his head injuries last year. Kenya to host first Record-breaker Bairstow still hungry for runs international cricket AFP During the first Test in Chit- England’s Jonny Bairstow tagong, Bairstow surged past Flower’s in four years tally of 1,045 runs in a calendar year as he plays a shot during during a match-winning partnership the third day of the AFP DHAKA: He’s already become the with Ben Stokes. first Test cricket match most prolific wicketkeeping batsman It leaves him just 390 runs short against Bangladesh at in a calendar year and with six Tests of Michael Vaughan’s tally of 1,481 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury NAIROBI: Kenya is set to play its first interna- still to go, Jonny Bairstow has the runs in 2002, the record for the most Cricket Stadium in tional cricket at home in four years against Hong opportunity to set a record beyond runs by any Englishman from Jan- Chittagong, Bangladesh Kong in a World Cricket League qualifier in Nai- reach -- and silence his critics once uary to December. With England in this file photo taken on robi next month. and for all. due to embark on a five-Test tour of October 22, 2016. The 50-overs Nov 18-20 match at Nairobi “It’s a pretty amazing feel- India straight after the second Bang- Gymmkana club ground will be the first since ing,” said England’s Bairstow as he ladesh Test, Bairstow should have a series of attacks blamed on terrorists hit the reflected on his achievement in shat- ample opportunity to chase down capital in 2012 following the country’s decision tering Andy Flower’s 16-year record that record.
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