Fourteen Russian athletes tested positive in the re-analysis of their doping samples, including 10 medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, state television reported on May 24.
The Russian Olympic Committee confirmed it had received a list of 14 individuals who tested positive, but said it would not release the names until the “B” samples were analyzed.
Match TV said 2012 high jump champion, Anna Chicherova, was among those who tested positive, while 11 out of the fourteen Russians retested are from track and field.
The list also included 4x100-meter relay gold medalist Yulia Chermoshanskaya. Others were two weightlifters and a rower.
Match TV also said the silver medalists who tested positive for doping are javelin thrower Maria Abakumova, and 4x400 relay runners Anastasia Kapachinskaya and Tatiana Firova, and weightlifter Maria Shainova.
Bronze medal winners who tested positive were Ekaterina Volkova in the 3,000 steeplechase, men’s 4x400 relay team member Denis Alexeyev, race walker Denis Nizhegorodov, and weightlifter Nadezhda Yevstukhina.
