IOC president Bach saddened by Korat killings
>> International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has sent a condolence letter to Thailand on the loss of lives in the Nakhon Ratchasima shooting, IOC member Patama Leeswadtrakul said yesterday.
“It is with great sadness that I learned of the terrible incident in Nakhon Ratchasima,” Bach wrote in the letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and National Olympic Committee of Thailand president Prawit Wongsuwon.
“On behalf of the International Olympic Committee, please accept my condolences to your fellow citizens for the loss of their beloved ones.
“My thoughts are with the grieving families and the people of the Kingdom of Thailand in this time of sorrow.”
The shooting rampage by a soldier at a shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima last Saturday killed 29 people and injured 58 others. The soldier was also shot dead.
USTYUGOV TO LOSE GOLD
Russian biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov has been retrospectively suspended for doping by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) and will lose his 2014 Olympic relay gold medal.
The 34-year-old, who also won the 2010 Olympic 15km mass start title in Vancouver, retired following the Sochi Winter Games six years ago.
A sample from 2014 tested positive for a steroid and all his results for the 2013-14 season have been annulled.
The IBU also declared the 201314 results of Svetlana Sleptsova invalid after she tested positive for ostarine, another steroid. She did not win a title during the period in question. The investigations were based on analysis of data from the Moscow laboratory at the heart of the infamous state-sponsored doping system in Russia.