Duo test positive for drugs
Two more Olympic athletes have tested positive for drugs bringing the total number of doping violations in Beijing to three.
Kim Jong Su, a North Korean pistol shooter, was stripped of his two medals and expelled from the Games after testing positive for the betablocker Propanolol, which can prevent shaking.A Vietnamese gymnast, Thi Ngan Thuong Do, who finished in last place in the women's floor exercise, tested positive for the diuretic furosemide.
Prof Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, said he believed Kim had deliberately taken the drug.
"I cannot interpret the finding in any other way than it was deliberate," he said. "It is banned in precision sports such as shooting and archery."
The USA's Jason Turner will now be awarded the bronze medal in the 10m event. China's Tan Zongliang moves up to silver in the 50m event and Russia's Vladimir Isakov gets the bronze.
Ljungqvist said he believed the Vietnamese gymnast had taken the drug inadvertently as part of medication.
The cases follow Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno - also known as Maribel Moreno - who was expelled from the Games on Monday after testing positive for the blood agent EPO.
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