Multiple Athletes from London, Beijing Olympics Fail Drug Retests

The International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that reanalysis of drug-test samples revealed that 30 athletes from the Beijing Olympics and 15 athletes from the London Olympics tested positive for prohibited substances, per Olympic.org.

The results came from the second wave of testing on the stored samples, with the third and fourth waves to come during and after the 2016 Rio Olympics. 

According to the IOC's press release, the first two waves of testing have resulted in 98 athletes testing positive for banned substances, which includes 23 medalists from Beijing found to have tested positive in the latest wave of reanalysis.

Any athlete who tested positive will be banned from the 2016 Rio Games.

The news comes amid a huge scandal involving the Russian Olympic team, with the International Association of Athletics Federations banning the entire track and field team for their alleged participation in a state-sponsored doping program.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal from the 68 athletes on Russia's track and field team, and the IOC is now considering banning all Russian athletes from the Rio Games.

The IOC has never banned an entire country from the Olympics, but many organizations—including the World Anti-Doping Agency—are calling for the IOC to take that unprecedented step.

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