The protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as outlined in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. To provide a level playing field for all clean athletes at the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC put special measures in place, including targeted pre-tests and the re-analysis of stored samples from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012, following an intelligence-gathering process that started in August 2015. As part of this process, the IOC today announced that eight athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012. The details follow. Gold medalist Lei CAO, China, women’s 75kg weightlifting event, Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Prohibited substance: GHRP-2 (Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-2) and metabolite (GHRP-2 M2). Gold medalist Xiexia CHEN, China, women’s 48kg weightlifting event, Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Prohibited substance GHRP-2 and metabolite (GHRP-2 M2). Gold medalist Chunhong LIU, China, women’s 69kg weightlifting event, Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Prohibited substances GHRP-2 and metabolite (GHRP-2 M2), and sibutramine. Bronze medalist Nadzeya OSTAPCHUK, Belarus, women's shotput event, Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and tamoxifen. 4th place finisher Darya PCHELNIK, Belarus, women’s hammer throw event, Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). 4th place finisher Sibel SIMSEK, Turkey, women’s 63kg weightlifting event, Olympic Games London 2012. Prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and stanozolol. 6th place finisher Intigam ZAIROV, Azerbaijan, men’s 94kg weightlifting Olympic Games London 2012. Prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). 11th place finisher Norayr VARDANYAN, Armenia, men’s 94kg weightlifting event, Olympic Games London 2012. Prohibited substances dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). Six of the athletes were women, two were men. Five of the samples were collected during the Olympic Games Beijing in 2008. Three in Olympic Games London 2012. dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) was used in five of the cases, while GHRP-2 was used in three. In the Anti-Doping Database we have registered three cases where an athlete has tested positive for GHRP-2. 137 has tested positive for turinabol. Beijing 2008: - Number of tests carried out during the Games (27 July-24 August 2008) 4,800 - Number of samples selected for reanalysis (process over as samples stored for 8 years): 1,053 - Number of sanctions issued as of January 2017: 59 London 2012: - Number of tests carried out during the Games (16 July-12 August 2012) : 5,000 - Number of samples selected for reanalysis (ongoing process / samples stored for 8 years):492 - Number of sanctions issued as of January 2017: 37 The reanalysis included samples from athletes from 89 NOCs and from 16 sports. Total number of AAFs from retesting of samples collected at the Olympic Summer Games Beijing. Samples retested in 2009 and 2016: Armenia 2 Azerbaijan 4 Bahrain 1 Belarus 9 China 3 Croatia 1 Cuba 2 Spain 1 Germany 1 Greece 2 Italy 1 Kazakhstan 7 Moldova 1 Qatar 1 Russia 15 Turkey 2 Ukraine 4 Uzbekistan 1 Total 59 Total number of AAFs from retesting of samples collected at the Olympic Summer Games London. Samples retested in 2015 and 2016: Armenia 2 Azerbaijan 4 Belarus 7 Georgia 1 Kazakhstan 5 Moldova 2 Russia 11 Turkey 1 Ukraine 5 Total 37 By Sport Beijing 2008 Athletics 27 Cycling 2 Swimming 0 Weightlifting 25 Wrestling 5 London 2012 Athletics 12 Cycling 1 Swimming 1 Weightlifting 22 Wrestling 1