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Romanian gymnast stripped of gold medal: IOC

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SYDNEY, Sept 26 (AFP) - Romania's Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Andreea Raducan has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test, an International Olympic Committee official said Tuesday.

IOC member Thomas Bach said Raducan had been stripped of her medal after testing positive for the banned stimulant pseudo-ephedrine.

He said she would keep her team gold medal and her silver medal from the vault competition.

The Romanian team doctor was also banned from the 2002 Winter Games and the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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