Olympic officials have their zero-tolerance policy on performance-enhancing drugs continues, as today they announced that five athletes from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing would otherwise be prohibited by drug tests in their respective sports. The most prominent among them was Rashid Ramzi, the only Olympic gold medalist from the Olympic Games in Beijing honoring the medal have struck to, from Olympic records. The Moroccan-born athlete tested positive for the banned substance CERA, according to Bahrain's first victoryalways the gold medal in the 1500 meter run. Silver medalist in the cycling road race, Italian Davide Rebellin also tested positive for CERA and his medal was stripped. The three other athletes, Stefan Schumacher, Germany, Croatia and Vanja Perisic Athanasia Tsoumeleka of Greece do not win medals, but also tested positive two years ago and sporting bans. Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator (CERA) or Mircera as it is called, is an advanced third-generation drugof EPO. CERA stimulates the kidneys, more red blood cells in bone marrow, the athlete can produce more oxygen in the blood lead, pushed further endurance. Both tested positive for CERA Ramzi and Rebellin in April after retroactive blood samples tested by the International Association of Athletics. Under rules and regulations complied with the Olympic Committee, both athletes for the 2012 Games will be banned in London, although their prohibition could be delivered in time for...
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