Entire Bulgarian weightlifting team suspended

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Sydney: Bulgaria's entire weightlifting team was kicked out of the Olympics on Friday after two more medallists were disqualified for doping, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said.

"The Bulgarian weightlifting team is suspended forthwith for a period of not less than 12 months pending further investigations," an IWF statement said."All remaining lifters as well as officials from Bulgaria will not be allowed to take part in the Olympic Games."

Izabela-Dragneva, gold medal winner in the women's 48 kg category, and men's 62 kg bronze medallist Sevdalin Minchev were stripped of their medals and expelled from the Olympics on Friday after both tested positive for the banned diuretic furosemide.

On Wednesday, Bulgarian men's 56-kg silver medallist Ivan Ivanov suffered the same punishment after also testing positive for furosemide.

Under IWF rules, a country that has three positive tests involving its athletes within 12 months is usually suspended from competition for one year under a "three strikes and out" rule.

(c) Reuters Limited.

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:47 [IST]

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Entire Bulgarian weightlifting team suspended