The International Olympic Committee's retesting of samples from 2008 and 2012 has revealed 50 positive doping results from those two Olympics including over a dozen medalists and world record holders.

Processing these positive doping samples is a huge undertaking involving splitting and testing old samples, communicating findings with both the athletes and the International Weightlifting Federation, and following through with athlete hearings until the decision is final and sanctions are handed out.

Here's a breakdown of the process:




There are currently 50 athletes with positive samples going through this process:

London 2012

M85

• ​AUKHADOV, Apti (RUS) ongoing IOC
  
• TSIREKIDZE, Rauli (GEO) ongoing IOC
  

M94

• ​CIRICU, Anatoli (MDA) ongoing IOC
  
• ILYIN, Ilya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• ZAIROV, Intigam (AZE) ongoing IOC
  
• UTESHOV, Almas (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• IVANOV, Alexandr (RUS) ongoing IOC
  
• DEMANOV, Andrey (RUS) ongoing IOC
  
• VARDANYAN, Norik (ARM) ongoing IOC
  

M+105

• ​ZHARNASEK, Yauheni (BLR) ongoing IOC
  

W53

• ​CHINSHANLO, Zulfiya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• IOVU, Cristina (MDA) ongoing IOC
  

W58

• ​KOSTOVA, Boyanka (AZE) ongoing IOC
  
• KALINA, Yuliya (UKR) closed IOC -- closed IWF
  

W63

• ​MANEZA, Maiya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• TZARUKAEVA, Svetlana (RUS) ongoing IOC
  
• SIMSEK, Sibel (TUR) ongoing IOC
  

W69

• ​SAZANAVETS, Dzina (BLR) ongoing IOC
  
• SHKERMANKOVA, Maryna (BLR) ongoing IOC
  

W75

• ​PODOBEDOVA, Svetlana (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• ZABOLOTNAYA, Nataliya (RUS) ongoing IOC
  
• KULESHA, Iryna (BLR) ongoing IOC
  

W+75

• ​KHURSHUDYAN, Hripsime (ARM) ongoing IOC
  

Beijing 2008

M62

• ​HASANOV, Sardar (AZE) ongoing IOC
  

M69

• ​DUDOGLO, Alexandru (MDA) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  
• MARTIROSYAN, Tigran (ARM) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  

M85

• ​ZAIROV, Intigam (AZE) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  
• RYBAKOU, Andrei (BLR) ongoing IOC
  
• SEDOV, Vladimir (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  

M94

• ​ILYIN, Ilya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• PASHAYEV, Nizami (AZE) ongoing IOC
  
• AKKAEV, Khadzhimurat (RUS) ongoing IOC
  

M105

• ​LAPIKOV, Dmitry (RUS) ongoing IOC
  

W48

• ​CHEN, Xiexia (CHN) ongoing IOC
  
• OZKAN, Sibel (TUR) ongoing IOC
  
• TAYLAN, Nurcan (TUR) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  

W53

• ​NOVIKAVA, Nastassia (BLR) ongoing IOC
  

W58

• ​SHAINOVA, Marina (RUS) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  

W63

• ​MANEZA, Maya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• NEKRASSOVA, Irina (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  

W69

• ​DAVYDOVA, Natalya (UKR) ongoing IOC
  
• LIU, Chun Hong (CHN) ongoing IOC
  

W75

• ​CAO, Lei (CHN) ongoing IOC
  
• EVSTYUKHINA, Nadezda (RUS) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  
• KHURSHUDYAN, Hripsime (ARM) closed IOC -- ongoing IWF
  
• KULESHA, Iryna (BLR) ongoing IOC
  

W+75

• ​GRABOVETSKAYA, Mariya (KAZ) ongoing IOC
  
• KOROBKA, Olha (UKR) ongoing IOC
  

Here's what each of those descriptions mean:

• ​ongoing IOC = the decision of the IOC is not yet made or the decision of the IOC is under appeal at CAS
  
• closed IOC- ongoing IWF = the IOC decision is made and it is final -- the IWF procedure is ongoing or the decision of the IWF is under appeal at CAS
  
• closed IOC- closed IWF = both the IOC and the IWF decisions are final