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Does Michelle Smith still have her medals?
In August 1998, Smith was banned by FINA for four years for tampering with a doping sample. Smith appealed the ban, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the penalty in 1999, although the ruling allowed Smith to retain her Olympic medals.
Can Olympic medals be revoked?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the governing body of the Olympic Games, and as such, can rule athletes to have violated regulations of the Games, for which athletes’ Olympic medals can be stripped (i.e., rescinded). Stripped medals must be returned to the IOC by the offending athlete.
What drugs are not allowed in the Olympics?
Blood doping.
Did Michelle Smith fail a drug test?
Smith de Bruin never failed a drugs test during her career, and was not stripped of her four Olympic medals.
How old is Michelle Smith?
54 years (June 21, 1967)
Michele Smith/Age
Has anyone ever sold their Olympic gold medal?
A gold medal won by an unidentified member of the 1984 U.S. basketball team, a roster that included Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin, sold for $83,188 on July 22, RR Auction said.
Who is the Australian swimmer that has been banned?
That process is continuing and that is now between ASADA and our athlete. China’s Sun Yang, centre, holds up his gold medal as silver medalist Australia’s Mack Horton, left, stands away from the podium with bronze medalist Italy’s Gabriele Detti right, after the men’s 400m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championship. (AAP)
Who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2000 Olympics?
Gold medals for the 2000 Olympic men’s 4 × 400 metres relay were awarded to the U.S. squad of Jerome Young, Michael Johnson, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Alvin Harrison and Calvin Harrison. In 2004, after Young (who ran in the heats) was retroactively banned from 1999 to 2001, all six were stripped of their medals.
Who are some people who have had their medals taken away from them?
Some athletes have had medals taken away from them for different methods of cheating before physically getting on to the medal podium, such as American marathon runner Frederick Lorz at the 1904 Olympics and Swedish horse rider Bertil Sandström at the 1932 Olympics.
When did they start drug testing in the Olympics?
Since the International Olympic Committee instituted drug testing for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, dozens of athletes have been stripped of medals after testing positive for a banned substance. Below is a look back at the recent history of doping in the Olympics.