Nadezhda Ostapchuk tests positive

Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus tested positive for metenolone, an anabolic steroid, and was stripped of her gold medal in the women's shot put.  Valerie Adams of New Zealand now wins her second consecutive gold medal in the event.  Ostapchuk is the first London gold medalist to test positive, and let's hope she is the last.  I am being very optomistic here that all the other athletes competed cleanly, perhaps a little naive on my part.  Ostapchuk, age 31, is the married mother of three.