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Olympics 2012: Belarus shot putter stripped of gold medal

Rogge reminded that the IOC will store all samples from London and can reanalyze them, revise results and reallocate medals until the statute of limitations expires in August 2020.

“When there is no new tests, we wait until the last moment; if there is a breakthrough new test, we’ll test immediately,” he said.

Indeed, the next Olympic doping scandal could be from the 2004 Athens Games instead. Next week, the IOC could announce up to five new disciplinary cases based on retested samples.

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