Sports | 2008 Beijing Olympics Retesting Nails 6 Olympic Drug Cheats New technique exposes athletes' use of banned blood booster By Rob Quinn Posted Apr 29, 2009 6:07 AM CDT Copied Spain's Samuel Sanchez, left, outsprints Italy's Davide Rebellin, right, to win the Men's Road Cycling Race, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena/File) Six Olympic drug cheats have been exposed long after the end of the 2008 Beijing Games, CNN reports. The IOC—which keeps test samples on file for eight years after events finish—rechecked 948 samples after a new test for a banned blood booster was developed. Silver medal-winning Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin is among those whose tests came back positive, the BBC reports. Read These Next New Year's Day dog walk ended with kidnapping attempt, shot fired. Authorities have finally caught up with former Olympian Ryan Wedding. Trump outrages NATO with claim about Afghanistan war. This is no ordinary winter storm on the way. Report an error