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- Updated: May 24, 2016
Javelin thrower Goldie Sayers could be in line for an Olympic bronze medal from 2008 after silver medallist Mariya Abakumova was reported on Tuesday to be among 14 Russian athletes to have tested positive from the Beijing Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last week announced that up to 31 athletes across six sports and 12 National Olympic Committees face bans after testing positive from a batch of 454 reanalysed samples as it made a last-ditch move to prevent drugs cheats competing in Rio.
The British men’s 4x400m team of Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin, Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney are also possibly in line for an upgrade to the podium after Denis Alekseyev, who ran the final leg to win bronze for Russia, was also among those reported to have …
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