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Russia Loses Two 2014 Olympic Medals After Skiers Found Guilty of Doping

Russia Loses Two 2014 Olympic Medals After Skiers Found Guilty of Doping
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Thursday, 09 November 2017 09:08 AM EST

Russia has been stripped of two Olympic medals won at the 2014 Sochi Games after four cross-country skiers were found guilty of doping by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), R-Sport news agency reported on Thursday.

The head of Russia's cross-country skiing federation, Elena Valbe, told R-Sport skiers Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexei Petukhov, Evgenia Shapovalova and Yulia Ivanova had been disqualified and their results annuled over doping. 

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Russia has been stripped of two Olympic medals won at the 2014 Sochi Games after four cross-country skiers were found guilty of doping by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), R-Sport news agency reported on Thursday.
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Thursday, 09 November 2017 09:08 AM
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