2016 Rio Olympics - Weightlifting - Final - Men's 85kg - Riocentro - Pavilion 2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 12/08/2016. Gabriel Sincraian (ROU) of Romania celebrates. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
BERNE (Reuters) - Romanian weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian and Russian boxer Misha Aloian have been stripped of their 2016 Olympic medals after failing doping tests at the Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday.
Sincraian, who won bronze in the men's 85kg event, tested positive for exogenous testosterone at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug. 12, according to a statement from sport's highest tribunal.
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