Wandee earns Olympic bronze after a Russian fails in doping test

By The Nation

 

Wandee Kameaim shows her Olympic medals (courtesy of Tawa page)

 

Weightlifter Wandee Kameaim became the first Thai to win back-to-back Olympic medals after she was rewarded a bronze medal from the 2008 Games following a disqualification of a Russian who failed in an anti-doping test.

 

The Olympic Committee of Thailand on Wednesday presented a bronze medal from the women’s 58g category to the 39-year-old Thai who also won the bronze from the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

 

Wandee, now a lieutenant, initially finished fourth in the Beijing meet. But Russian Marina Shainova was stripped by the International Olympic Committee of her silver medal after she was found to have used prohibited substances called stanozolol and turinabol (announced in 2016).  North Korean O Jong-ae, who settled at third, was therefore promoted to the second place with Wandee to third.

 

She will receive more than BT4 Million incentive money from the government. 

 

Thailand has two athletes who won medals in two straight Olympics. The other was Pimsiri Sirikaew whon won silvers in the women’s 58kg weightlifting in 2012 and 2016. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/sports/30329610

 

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Congratulations to the lady. While late and she did not enjoy the full Olympic medal ceremony

experience, it is better late than never.

It took the IOC 8 YEARS to figure out that someone failed a drug test. In fact, they had 2 more Olympic Games (2012, 2016) from the time Wandee competed until they discovered the doping violation. 
If they can't figure it out within a year of the competition it should just be shelved. Even that is stretching things. They don't test that many people (medal winners and some random tests of different athletes in different events). They should be able to do the tests and have the results back within days, not 8(+) years !