You're reading: Associated Press: Russia loses 2012 Olympic silver in women’s 4×400 relay

Associated Press: Russia loses 2012 Olympic silver in women’s 4×400 relay

Published Feb. 1, 2017 at 12:59 pm

Russia's Antonina Krivoshapka reacts after competing in the women's 400m semifinals at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 4, 2012 in London.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Russia has been stripped of an Olympic silver medal from the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the 2012 London Games for doping.

Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for the anabolic steroid turinabol in reanalysis of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, the IOC said Feb. 1.