Home Rio 2016 Olympics Russia stripped of Beijing 4x400m women's silver medal Russia has been stripped of the 4x400m women's relay silver medal from the Beijing Olympics after Anastasia Kapachinskaya tested positive for an anabolic steroid in a re-test of her sample, the International Olympic Committee has said. ATHLETICS Reuters Rio de Janeiro 20 August, 2016 02:33 IST Anastasia Kapachinskaya (right), seen here in action in the 4X400 metres relay final at the Beijing Olympics, has tested positive for stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). - AP Reuters Rio de Janeiro 20 August, 2016 02:33 IST Russia has been stripped of the 4x400m women's relay silver medal from the Beijing Olympics after Anastasia Kapachinskaya tested positive for an anabolic steroid in a re-test of her sample, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. >Read: Russia stripped of Beijing 4X100m title “Re-analysis of Kapachinskaya's samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances stanozolol and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol),” the IOC said. Earlier this week, Russia were ordered to return their gold medals from the 4x100m women's relay from the same Games after Yulia Chermoshanskaya also tested positive in a re-test. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.