Russian heptathlete stripped of Beijing 2008 bronze


Tatiana Chernova of Russia reacts during her women's heptathlon high jump qualifying round at the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian Olympic heptathlete Tatiana Chernova was stripped of her 2008 Beijing Games bronze medal on Monday after she tested positive to banned substances in re-tests of her sample.

Chernova's 2008 sample tested positive for anabolic steroid turinabol as did the sample from the 2012 Olympics of fellow Russian Maksim Dyldin, who was fifth with the 4x400m relay team at the Games in London.

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