KEY POINTS:
- Dame Valerie Adams' disgraced former shot put rival Nadia Ostapchuk has been stripped of another Olympic medal.
Dame Valerie Adams' disgraced former shot put rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk has been stripped of another Olympic medal.
The Belarusian has been stripped of her bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"Re-analysis of Ostapchuk's samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and tamoxifen," an IOC statement said.
Adams claimed her first Olympic gold at the event with Natallia Mikhnevich of Belarus, finishing second followed by compatriot Ostapchuk. Mikhnevich was last year stripped of her silver medal after re-testing showed a positive test for the prohibited substances methandienone and stanozolol.