The IOC has stripped Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal and disqualified four other athletes because of doping in Beijing.
The International Olympic Committee took action today against the five athletes who tested positive in April in retroactive tests for CERA, an advanced version of blood-boosting drug EPO.
The Moroccan-born Ramzi was the only gold medalist from Beijing caught for doping. He had given Bahrain its first Olympic track and field gold medal.
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