Eight Russian weightlifters disqualified for doping

The Russian Weightlifting Federation, implementing the decision of the Russian anti-doping agency, decided to disqualify eight athletes for two years, Interfax reports.

Ivan Tarakin, Roman Chepik, Azamat Dzhioev, Elena Karelina, Alexander Kibanov, Ignat Chemerkin, Anna Konyakina and Elena Sukhar were disqualified.