Burmese Olympic Weightlifter Disqualified After Failed Drug Test - 2004-08-17

Officials at the Summer Olympics in Athens say they have disqualified a Burmese female weightlifter who failed a drug test.

The International Olympic Committee said Monday Nan Aye Khine was found to have taken a banned steroid.

The disqualification stripped Nan Aye Kine of her fourth-place finish in the women's 48-kilogram division on Saturday.

Information for this report is provided by AFP and Reuters.