International Olympic Committee took fifteen months to make final decision.
The 2008 Olympic 1500m gold medalist, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain, has officially been stripped of his title by the International Olympic Committee. Following his victory in Beijing, the former Moroccan citizen tested positive for a drug called CERA. The drug is a high powered blood doping [...]
Time to digest the weekend’s running news.
The ÅF Golden League is half-way complete and the buzz leading up to the IAAF World Track and Field Championships is growing. Although the news should be focused on the great times being put up this summer, it is hard to avoid a story involving another Olympic gold medalist getting [...]
Bahrain’s first Olympic Gold Medalist tests positive for CERA.
Rashid Ramzi became the first ever Bahrani Gold Medalist in Beijing, but that is all about to change. It has been confirmed that Ramzi has tested positive for a banned substance, CERA, following his efforts at the Olympics this summer.