Thursday November 19, 2009
Rebellin to be stripped of Olympic silver medal
PARIS: Veteran Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin who tested positive for the new generation of EPO (CERA) at the 2008 Olympic Games is to be stripped of his road race silver medal the sport’s governing body the Inter-national Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Tuesday.
The UCI confirmed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to disqualify the 37-year-old, who was second behind Spaniard Samuel Sanchez in Beijing.
“The finishing order is automatically changed,” said the UCI, based on their own rule 12.1.022.
Rebellin’s disqualification means that the silver will go to Switzerland’s Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara and the bronze to Russian Alexandre Kolobnev.
“The UCI are now going to demand that the rider’s national federation open an enquiry into the episode,” announced the UCI.
Rebellin’s failed test came to light at the end of April this year just after he had won the Fleche Wallonne.
He appeared before the IOC’s disciplinary commission in July alongside four other athletes, including Bahrain’s Moroccan-born 1500m champion Rashid Ramzi. — AFP
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