British skier Alain Baxter has been stripped of the slalom bronze medal he won at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics because of a positive drug test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.
Baxter tested positive for the prohibited stimulant methamphetamine after making history on the penultimate day of last month's Games by winning Britain's first Alpine skiing Olympic medal.
The IOC's ruling executive board made the decision after an IOC inquiry commission held a hearing with Baxter last week.