LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Cross-country skiers Olga Danilova of Russia and Johann Muehlegg of Spain were stripped of Olympic gold medals Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for failing drug tests.
Muehlegg earlier had to give up one gold medal from the 2002 Games and Danilova was disqualified from a race because they tested positive for the banned endurance-boosting substance darbepoetin.
The International Olympic Committee allowed the skiers to keep medals from other victories at Salt Lake City, though, because they passed drug tests after those events.
But the Court of Arbitration for Sport overruled that.
So Danilova's gold medal from the 5-kilometer pursuit event goes to Beckie Scott of Canada. Scott actually crossed the finish line third in Salt Lake City, but she was moved up to second place when original silver medalist Larissa Lazutina was punished because of a failed drug test.
Muehlegg now must relinquish gold medals from the 10-kilometer combined pursuit to Norwegians Thomas Alsgaard and Frode Estil — who previously shared the silver after tying for second place — and from the 30-kilometer freestyle to Austrian Christian Hoffmann.
During the 2002 Olympics, Danilova was disqualified from the 30-kilometer classical race after failing her drug test, while Muehlegg lost his gold medal from the 50-kilometer event.