Turkish weightlifter stripped of 2008 silver medal

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The International Olympic Committee on Friday said it had stripped Turkey’s Sibel Ozkan of the weightlifting silver medal she won at the 2008 Olympics due to a doping offence.

Ozkan, 28, came second in the -48kg category in Beijing, but she was caught after the IOC ordered a retest of samples from both the 2008 Games and 2012 Olympics in London.

The IOC said in a statement she had tested positive for the banned substance stanozolol, an anabolic steroid.