Beijing 1,500 gold medallist tests positive

Reuters Tags : doping, ioc, olympic, 1, 500 metres gold medallist, rashid ramzi, athletes, blood booster CERA, beijing olympics Posted: Thursday , Apr 30, 2009 at 0930 hrs

Men's 1,500m gold medallist Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain poses during the medal's ceremony in Beijing.

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Nine athletes tested positive during the Beijing Olympics after extensive pre-Games testing caught about 40 for drugs while six horses in the equestrian events were also found to have been given banned substances.

The IOC conducted the largest ever doping operation with about 5,000 blood and urine tests during the Games.

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