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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia has been stripped of two track and field medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after retests showed their athletes doped with an anabolic steroid.

The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that four Russians have been disqualified from the Beijing Games in cases involving turinabol.

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Maria Abakumova, who won silver in the women’s javelin, and Denis Alexeev, who helped Russia’s men’s 4×400-metre relay team win bronze, have both been disqualified, the IOC said.

Britain is set to gain two bronze medals from the disqualifications.

In the javelin, Christina Obergfoell of Germany is set to be upgraded to silver and fourth-placed Goldie Sayers of Britain could get the bronze medal. Sayers had a national-record throw in Beijing. The gold medallist was Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic.