Coach: High jump champ Chicherova notified of doping retest (Yahoo Sports)

Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova is one of 31 athletes whose doping samples came back positive in retests from the 2008 Beijing Games, the Russian athlete’s coach said Tuesday. Coach Yevgeny Zagorulko told Russian state news agency Tass that Chicherova had been notified of the positive sample following the retests by the International Olympic Committee. ”Three days ago, Anna received a notice that her doping sample from the Beijing Olympics tested positive after a re-check and she called me,” Zagorulko said.