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Hungarian weightlifter stripped of silver

ATHENS, AUG. 28. Hungarian weightlifting silver medallist Ferenc Gyurkovics and Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca were expelled from the Games on Saturday after testing positive for steroids, the International Olympic Committee said.

Gyurkovics, 24, tested positive for oxandrolone, the IOC said. He competed in the 105kg class and set an Olympic record by lifting 195kg in the snatch on Tuesday, but finished second to Dmitri Berestov of Russia in the overall totals.

Gyurkovics was stripped of his medal by the IOC executive board. Ukraine's Igor Razoronov will now get the silver, with Russia's Gleb Pisarevskiy moving up to bronze.

Fonseca, 32, tested positive for the steroid stanozolol. She finished fifth in the women's 55kg category.

The IOC revoked the Olympic credentials of Gyurkovics and Fonseca, who also face possible two-year bans from their international federations. Saturday's disqualifications brings to 22 the number of athletes busted for doping violations in Athens. The previous record was 12 at the Los Angeles Olympics.

A total of five medals have been revoked — two golds, two bronzes and one silver.

Gyurkovics is the fourth Hungarian kicked out, and the 12th weightlifter. — AP

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