January 07, 2016 – The IOC announced yesterday that it has retested almost 500 samples from the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games, using updated testing in order to potentially detect cheaters who slipped through the cracks 10 years ago, reported ctvnews.ca.

According to the article, the IOC has not disclosed whether or not any positive results were discovered, stating that the results would be released at a later date. If new positive tests are found, the IOC has the power to strip results and award medals retroactively.

Samples from Turin were already retested in 2014, which led to positive findings for steroids in Estonian cross-country skier Kristina Smigun-Vahi’s sample. Smigun-Vahi is the most successful Estonian female cross-country skier winning gold in the 10km CL and the 15km Skiathlon at the Turin Olympics where she was also the flag bearer for Estonia at the closing ceremonies. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, she won silver in the 10km FR. Read more here.

The IOC also now stores samples for up to 10 years for re-testing with possible new techniques such as those mentioned above.

Read the ctvnews.ca article here.