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Italian cyclist stripped of Olympic medal

ROME (UPI) -- Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin, accused of a doping violation, has been stripped of the silver medal he won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Rebellin finished second to Spain's Samuel Sanchez in the Olympic road race, which covered a 152-mile route. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara was third and Russian Alexander Kolobnev was fourth in the Aug. 9, 2008, race.

In April it was announced the Rebellin was among six Beijing medal winners to have come up positive for performance-enhancing substances during retests of samples taken during the Games.

On Tuesday, the International Olympics Committee informed Italian Olympics officials they were pulling back Rebellin's medal. It was unclear whether Cancellara and Kolobnev would be moved up in the final results.

Rebellin allegedly tested positive for continuous erythropoietin receptor activator -- CERA -- which is a late-generation form of erythropoietin.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/17/2009

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