Kyrgyzstan weightlifter stripped of Rio 2016 bronze medal

Kyrgyzstan weightlifter Izzat Artykov has been stripped of the bronze medal he won during the first week of the Rio 2016 summer Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, while Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi and Brazilian cyclist Kleber Ramos have also been disqualified from the Games after failing doping tests.

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