Russia's Yuliya Zaripova competes to win gold in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the London 2012...
Yuliya Zaripova has been stripped of the gold medal she won in the women’s 3,000 meters steeplechase at the 2012 London Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on November 21, 2016. Zaripova, who tested positive for turinabol, was among 12 athletes, including seven medalists, who were disqualified from their events following re-testing of samples, the IOC said.
Zaripova had been widely expected to lose the medal after she was banned for two-and-a-half years by Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA in January 2015 after her biological passport showed abnormalities. REUTERS/Phil Noble