International Olympic Committee reveals another 45 failed drug tests from 2008 and 2012 Olympics

AN ASTONISHING 76 sports stars from London 2012 have now tested positive after Olympic chiefs announced a new wave caught doping under re-tests.

The London Games are fast becoming the dirtiest known Games in history as it emerged on Friday that 15 more athletes from just two Olympic sports and nine different nations had been caught doping under another wave of re-tests.

This is in addition to the 61 already caught out over the past four years with just three during the Games themselves.

Twenty three were found to have cheated under the first wave of re-tests in May.

Another 30 from Beijing 2008 have also been caught including 23 MEDALLISTS. The 30 are from four Olympic sports and across eight countries.

Thirty were caught in re-testing back in May from the Beijing Games – a move which is set to result in British athletes Goldie Sayers and Martyn Rooney upgraded to Olympic bronze medals after they both finished fourth in the javelin (Sayers) and the 4x400m (Rooney) behind Russian dopers.

Russian officials have already confirmed that 14 of the 30 involved their athletes including high jump star Anna Chicherova who won bronze in Beijing and went on to take gold in London.

The International Olympic Committe (IOC) has so far re-tested 1,243 samples from Beijing and London – targeting athletes still competing and aiming to be at the Rio Games which start on August 5.

Anti-doping experts are allowed to store and re-test samples for up to 10 years, tracking any changes under a new biological passport system.

In total, 1,243 doping samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 were selected to be re-analysed in wave one and wave two with a total of 98 positives found so far – almost a staggering eight per cent.

None of the new wave of athletes have been named so far but they will be banned from competing in Rio.

Olympic chiefs have also warned there could be more to come in the coming WEEKS.

Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, said: “The new re-analysis once again shows our commitment in the fight against doping.”

Only three actually tested positive during the London Games but advances in drug testing mean the cheats are now being caught through the Athlete’s Biological Passport system.

The list includes Turkish women’s 1500m gold medallist Asil Cakir Alptekin who has been stripped of the Olympic crown from London 2012.