23 athletes competing at Rio Olympics fail London 2012 drugs retest – Telegraph.co.uk

Greg Rutherford, who won long-jump gold on Super Saturday at London 2012, added: “It’s all well and good getting caught years later, as we’ve seen from Beijing and London. But we have to see people receive a punishment.

“Obviously, they lose their medals but they’ve been able to enjoy the plaudits and money that comes from winning Olympic medals.

“There has to be a stronger stance towards those people. Because ultimately they’ve taken a lot away from people who finished fourth and fifth, even if they managed to be upgraded.” 

Lord Coe, the architect of London 2012 who is now president of the International Association of Athletics Federations and chairman of the BOA, said: “The London 2012 Games were an amazing event with 10,500 athletes competing across 26 sports.