Olga Medvedtseva is a Russian cross-country skier born in 1975 in Krasnoyarsk. She won gold in the 10km pursuit and bronze in the team relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the 2006 Olympics, she won silver in the 15km individual race but was disqualified and banned for two years after testing positive for a banned stimulant. The IOC expelled her from the games and stripped her of her medal.
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an
individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as
well as the bronze medal in the team relay.
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics she won the silver in the women's
15 km individual race, but on February 16, 2006, she was
disqualified from further competition for failing a drug test when
she tested positive for the stimulant carphedon.
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The International Olympic Committee panel
found her guilty, and she was expelled from the
games and stripped of her medal.
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She was then banned for two years from
competition, and the authorities in Turin started
a criminal investigation into the matter.
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I like this athlete and wrote about it,
because it is worthy of our country.
