Banned for doping

(01:07) Report

Aug. 15 - A North Korean shooting double medallist and a Vietnamese artistic gymnast have been banned from the Beijing Olympics, failing drug tests.

North Korea's Kim Jong-su won silver in the men's 50 metre pistol and a bronze in the men's 10m air pistol shooting. Vietnamese artistic gymnast Thi Ngan Thuong Doo finished out of the medals, but tested positive for a drug masking agent.

Andrew Potter reports.

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