Colombian drug busted
ByReuters
Published 29/08/2004 at 14:59 GMT
Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle Williams has been stripped of her bronze medal after testing positive for a banned stimulant, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday. Calle Williams tested positive for the substance heptaminol, the IOC said
She was third in the women's points race in the velodrome on Wednesday, giving Colombia its first medal of any colour in the short history of women's Olympic track cycling.
Russia's Olga Slyusareva won the race and Belem Guerrero Mendez of Mexico took silver.
Erin Mirabella of the United States was fourth and should now receive the bronze.
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