17-11-2016 23:36 via theguardian.com

IOC announces 16 more positive doping cases from 2008 Beijing Olympics

• Three silver and seven bronze medallists among them
• Weightlifting dominates the list, accounting for nine failed testsSixteen more positive doping cases from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing have been confirmed, with all but one coming from Russia or a former Soviet republic.There are three silver and seven bronze medallists among them but no champions, although one of the 16, the Russian high jumper Elena Slesarenko, won an Olympic gold at the 2004 Games in Athens that she keeps as th
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