Ukrainian weightlifting medalist banned for doping
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) –
Ukrainian Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Olha Korobka has been
banned for four years for doping and will miss the London Olympics.
Korobka
was also stripped of the bronze medal she won at the world
championships in Paris last November, where she tested positive for
anabolic steroids, the International Weightlifting Federation’s legal
council, Monika Ungar, said Monday by phone from the organization’s
headquarters in Budapest.
The 26-year-old Korobka won silver at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the over 75 kilogram category and had been
expected to challenge for a medal at London Olympics.
She has been suspended until November 2015.
Ukrainian media reported that Korobka has left the team’s Kyiv training camp, and her coach, Vasyl Kulak, has been fired.