Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi celebrates winning the gold in the men's 1500-meter final during the athletics competitions at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Aug. 19, 2008. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David J. Phillip)
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LONDON - Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-metre gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the Games.
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