The Silver and Bronze Medalists in the Hammer Throw event at the Beijing Games have been stripped of their medals for testing positive for high levels of testosterone on August 17. Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan of Belraus will forfeit their medals and Devyatovskiy, for whom this was a second offense, was hit with a lifetime Olympic ban.

The silver will now go to Krisztian Pars of Hungary and the bronze to Koji Murofushi of Japan. Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia won the gold medal.

In total, nine athletes were found guilty of doping during the Beijing Games.

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Hammer Throw Olympians Stripped of Medals

Poland’s Tomasz Majewski won the Gold Medal in the shot put event, topping American Christian Cantwell, the two-time indoor world champion and the favorite to win the event. Cantwell took the Silver and Andrei Mikhnevich of Belraus was awarded the Bronze Medal.

Canada’s Dylan Armstrong finished in fourth place, missing a medal by just one centimeter.

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Poland’s Majewski Takes Gold in Shot Put

Despite the rain delays on Sunday, the top seeds in the mens and womens Olympic tennis competition managed to get their matches in and advance to the next round on Monday.

Top-seeded mens player, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Russia\’s Dmitry Tursunov easily 6-4, 6-2. Number two seed, Spain\’s Rafael Nadal, who defeated Federer at Wimbledon and the French Open this year, had a more difficult time. He prevailed, however, over Italy\’s Potito Starace in three sets: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

In the women\’s competition, the Williams sisters of the United States both defeated their opponents. Venus, seeded #7, beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2. Her sister Serena, who is seeded #4, defeated Olga Govortsova of Belraus 6-3, 6-1. The Williams sisters won Gold in Athens playing together in the womens double competition.

Two American men, Robby Ginepri and Sam Querrey, were eliminated, leaving just James Blake to play for the United States in the mens competition.

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Day Three Olympic Tennis Results