LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee on Thursday stripped 10 athletes of medals from the 2008 Olympics after banned substances were found during retests of samples from the games.The IOC says the 10, nine of whom hail from former Soviet nations, had all tested positive for various steroids.No gold medalists were among the 10, though there were three silver medalists from weightlifting and wrestling. Track and field was also hit, with Greek triple jumper Chrysopigi Devetzi and Ukrainian pole vaulter Denys Yurchenko losing their bronze medals. Yurchenkos ban could elevate Derek Miles of the United States to the bronze medal position.Six athletes who did not win medals in 2008 were also disqualified.There could be another U.S. medal for high jumper Chaunte Lowe, who originally finished sixth but is now in line to inherit bronze.Among those disqualified Thursday were the athletes who had finished in the two places immediately above Lowe, Russias Elena Slesarenko and Ukraines Vita Palamar. The bronze medal position was vacated last month when the IOC said Russian Anna Chicherova had tested positive for the steroid turinabol.The IOC ruling also casts a shadow over the career of Slesarenko, who was the gold medalist in 2004, though she will not be stripped of that title under Thursdays ruling.The three silver medalists affected are Azerbaijani wrestler Vitaly Rahimov, Russian wrestler Khasan Baroev and Kazakhstan weightlifter Irina Nekrasova. Weightlifting has been by far the worst-hit sport in retests so far and saw nine more athletes sanctioned Thursday, taking the sports total for the 2008 Olympics alone to 22.Other athletes who stand to benefit include Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard, who could move up to the bronze position because of Nekrasovas disqualification, and Mariam Usman, who would become only the second Nigerian to win a weightlifting medal with bronze after Kazakhstans Maria Grabovetskaya was disqualified from third.Stan Smith Sale NZ . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. Adidas NMD R1 NZ . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca. http://www.nmdshoesnz.com/adidas-stan-smith-cheap-nz.html . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. Adidas Falcon Shoes NZ . LOUIS -- St. Buy Stan Smith NZ . The nimble-footed quarterback got his wish, dashing through the snow and a weary defence all the way into the NCAA record book.Sydney Roosters will face the one that got away, James Maloney, when they meet Cronulla for the first time this NRL season on Monday and Tricolour coach Trent Robinson insists he is happy to see his former five-eighth playing well.Maloney left the Roosters at the end of last season after the Tricolours declined to match the Sharks big money three-year deal.The Roosters loss has been the Sharks gain as the Tricolours 2013 premiership winner has piloted Cronulla to the top of the NRL ladder courtesy of 13 successive wins.Meanwhile, the Roosters are anchored near the bottom of the ladder and after three straight minor premierships will miss the finals this season for the first time under coach Trent Robinson.Maloney comes up against the second-last placed Roosters for the first time at Allianz Stadium on Monday and Robinson bears no ill will towards his former playmaker..ddddddddddddIt is not hard to watch him go around because Jimmy is a good man, Robinson said.He contributed heavily to our success and he certainly is at the Sharks at the momentWe like seeing former players doing well, hopefully he doesnt do well tomorrow night, but it is great to see Jimmy play the way he does.Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said the clash with the Roosters should bring out the best in NSW half Maloney.They probably will target him especially verbally but Im sure they will get their fair share back from Jimmy, he said.When you play against your old club there is that extra bit of motivation. You are playing teammates you worked so hard with all those years.There is always that with any player and Jimmy needs to handle that. ' ' '