News travels fast in Russia. TV channel TV match revealed the names of the 11 Russian athletes who tested positive at the Beijing Games after the IOC re-analyzed their samples. A list composed of Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (Olympic champion in 4x100 m), Mariya Abakumova (silver in javelin), Anastasiya Kapachinskaya and Tatyana Firova (silver in 4x400 m), Anna Chicherova (high bronze), Denis Nizhegorodov (bronze in the 50 km walk), Yekaterina Volkova (bronze in the 3000 m steeplechase), Inga Abitova (finalist in the 10.000 m), Aleksandr Pogorelov (4th in the decathlon), Ivan Yushkov (finalist in the weight) and Denis Alekseyev (finalist in the 4x400 m ).
— Published on May 25, 2016
