Penza, 25 May 2016. PenzaNews. Nadezhda Evstyukhina, member of the Russian weightlifting team for Moscow and the Penza region, member of the 14-men national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, tested positive for the IOC repeated drug tests, according to the federal media.

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Earlier, they reported that the International Olympic Committee decided to repeat the tests of 454 samples taken in Beijing – mostly the athletes that may be taking part in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

Shortly before, the IOC President Thomas Bach issued a number of warnings that the whole Russian national team may be banned from participating in the Olympics if any further athletes get tested positively.

In a comment on the media reports, the Russian Olympic Committee confirmed that it received official documents from the IOC stating that the A samples of 14 Russian athletes from a total of three sports disciplines tested positively for drugs.

“Due to this, the Russian Olympic Committee will provide the IOC information about the athletes who will be present during the B sample unpacking and analysis as soon as possible. The representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee will also be monitoring the procedure. As per the anti-drug rules of the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Code, the names of the athletes will not be divulged until the B samples are analyzed and official proceedings are initiated,” says the message distributed by the Russian Olympic Committee.