Russia's Victoria Valyukevich competes in the women's triple jump final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday it had disqualified four Russian athletes from the 2012 London Olympics after re-tests of their samples came back positive for banned substances.
The IOC said all four - Victoria Valyukevich, a triple jumper who was eighth in the women's competition, hammer throwers Gulfiya Khanafeeva and Mariia Bespalova, and weightlifter Khadzhimurat Akkaev, who did not compete due to a back injury, had tested positive for anabolic steroid turinabol.
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