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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee on Thursday stripped 10 athletes of medals from the 2008 Olympics after banned substances were found during retests of samples from the games.The IOC says the 10, nine of whom hail from former Soviet nations, had all tested positive for various steroids.No gold medalists were among the 10, though there were three silver medalists from weightlifting and wrestling. Track and field was also hit, with Greek triple jumper Chrysopigi Devetzi and Ukrainian pole vaulter Denys Yurchenko losing their bronze medals. Yurchenkos ban could elevate Derek Miles of the United States to the bronze medal position.Six athletes who did not win medals in 2008 were also disqualified.There could be another U.S. medal for high jumper Chaunte Lowe, who originally finished sixth but is now in line to inherit bronze.Among those disqualified Thursday were the athletes who had finished in the two places immediately above Lowe, Russias Elena Slesarenko and Ukraines Vita Palamar. The bronze medal position was vacated last month when the IOC said Russian Anna Chicherova had tested positive for the steroid turinabol.The IOC ruling also casts a shadow over the career of Slesarenko, who was the gold medalist in 2004, though she will not be stripped of that title under Thursdays ruling.The three silver medalists affected are Azerbaijani wrestler Vitaly Rahimov, Russian wrestler Khasan Baroev and Kazakhstan weightlifter Irina Nekrasova. Weightlifting has been by far the worst-hit sport in retests so far and saw nine more athletes sanctioned Thursday, taking the sports total for the 2008 Olympics alone to 22.Other athletes who stand to benefit include Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard, who could move up to the bronze position because of Nekrasovas disqualification, and Mariam Usman, who would become only the second Nigerian to win a weightlifting medal with bronze after Kazakhstans Maria Grabovetskaya was disqualified from third. Charlotte Hornets Jerseys . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. Larry Johnson Hornets Jersey . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. https://www.hornetslockerroom.com/Devonte-Graham-City-Edition-Jersey/ . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Willy Hernangomez Hornets Jersey . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Jersey . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Theres a good reason the 2016 freshman class has already generated much excitement for its talent and depth. If the season plays out as expected, most, if not all of the top 10 freshmen from the 2016 ESPN 100 list will have a realistic chance to be first-rouund picks in the NBA draft.ddddddddddddhich NBA players, past or current, do the stars of the 2016 class most closely resemble? ' ' '