Two more positive drugs tests

TWO more Olympic athletes have tested positive for drugs bringing the total number of doping violations in Beijing to three.

Kim Jong Su, a North Korean pistol shooter, was stripped of his two medals and expelled from the Games after testing positive for the betablocker Propanolol, which can prevent shaking.

A Vietnamese gymnast, Thi Ngan Thuong Do, who finished in last place in the women’s floor exercise, tested positive for the diuretic furosemide.

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