{"id":32946,"date":"2017-02-03T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32946"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:56:21","slug":"russia-seeks-return-of-medals-from-athletes-caught-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32946","title":{"rendered":"Russia seeks return of medals from athletes caught doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32945\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Alexander-Zhukov.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Alexander Zhukov\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Alexander-Zhukov.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Alexander-Zhukov-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Alexander-Zhukov-150x102.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Moscow: Russian authorities want all athletes caught doping to return their medals.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2317-russian-olympic-committee\"> Russian Olympic Committee<\/a> <\/strong>(ROC) is in on the job, its President Alexander Zhukov has said.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a request from the <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1403-international-olympic-committee\">International Olympic Committee<\/a><\/strong> (IOC) after Russian athletes were stripped of medals and were told to return them, Zhukov told journalists on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As of now, we have no information that any of them returned their medals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Brilliantova, the head of the ROC&#8217;s Legal Department, said earlier that none of the Russian 2008 and 2012 Olympians disqualified by IOC returned their medals as is required by the Olympic Charter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reaad more:<a href=\"international\/982-world-athletics-news\/44087-athletes-refusing-to-return-their-medals-may-be-banned-from-olympics\">&nbsp;&#8216;Athletes refusing to return their medals may be banned from Olympics&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IOC Executive Board convened a special session last year to discuss efforts to step up the fight against the drugs cheats.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC ordered re-analysis of doping samples of athletes from 2008 Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Olympics in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32945\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Alexander-Zhukov.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Alexander Zhukov\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; 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