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This is the list of Olympic medals stripped by the IOC, the governing body of the Olympics. Stripped team medals are counted once each, regardless of the size of the team stripped or how many team members were disqualified, although a stripped team medal usually entails the return of multiple physical medals, one per team member.
As of 8 August 2016 11,491 athletes [1] were registered to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.. All Olympic sports are signed up to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code [2] which operates on a strict liability principle, whereby an athlete is strictly liable for any adverse analytical finding from their urine or blood samples. [3]
Christian Coleman and the U.S. failed to medal in the 4x100 relay at Paris Olympics after they were disqualified on a bad pass. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.
The team finished fourth, but a year later the IOC disqualified both United States teams. [164] The bobsled events were marred by allegations of sabotage, after the steering on the United States sleds was reportedly tampered with. A truck driver later admitted to causing the damage by accidentally backing into the shed where the sleds were kept ...
Canada's show-jumping team remain disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday clearing a rider of intentionally doping. ... 27, said in a news ...
Three-time Olympic equestrian gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin was suspended from all competition for one year on Thursday following a horse-whipping scandal that saw her withdraw from the Paris ...
[10] [11] The rules for Olympic equestrian competition are set by the Fédération Équestre Internationale, the international governing body for equestrian sports. [3] In two instances, the equestrian portion of the Olympics has been held in a different location from the rest of the games.
An Olympic equestrian athlete had his results from the Paris Olympics thrown out after he inadvertently tested positive for a banned substance after giving his sick dog eye drops.