Two Russian athletes stripped of biathlon medals for doping - IBU

FILE PHOTO: Svetlana Sleptsova of Russia competes during the women's 7.5 km sprint race at the Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The International Biathlon Union (IBU) said on Saturday it was stripping two Russian athletes of medals received between 2013 and 2014 for doping violations.

The decision to strip the two retired Olympic champions, Svetlana Sleptsova and Evgeny Ustyugov, of their titles follows an analysis of data from Russia's anti-doping agency laboratory in Moscow, the union said.