LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Eight years later, more athletes continue to be stripped of medals from the Beijing Olympics because of positive doping tests.Four athletes, including three Russians, had their medals taken away on Wednesday after their doping samples from 2008 were retested and came back positive for banned drugs.A total of six athletes -- one runner and five weightlifters -- were sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee based on reanalysis of their samples with improved techniques. They were among the 98 positive cases recorded in the retesting of more than 1,000 samples from Beijing and the 2012 London Olympics.Russian runner Tatyana Firova was stripped of her silver medal in the womens 4x400-meter relay after testing positive for turinabol and a cocktail of other steroids, the IOC said. She also had her ninth-place finish in the individual 400 meters annulled.Russia had already been stripped of the relay medal earlier this month when another runner, Anastasia Kapachinskaya, tested positive. Jamaica is in line to move up from third to silver and Belarus from fourth to bronze in the 4x400 relay.Russia also previously lost the Beijing gold medal in the 4x100 relay after Yulia Chermoshanskaya failed a retest of her samples.The IOC stores samples for 10 years to allow them to be reanalyzed when improved methods become available. The new tests can detect the use of steroids going back weeks and months, rather than days.Also Wednesday, Russian weightlifter Marina Shainova was stripped of her silver medal in the 58-kilogram class. The IOC said she tested positive for stanozolol and turinabol.Another Russian, Nadezda Evstyukhina, had her bronze medal in the 75kg weightlifting division taken away after her samples came back positive for turinabol and EPO.The bronze medal in the mens 69kg weightlifting class was stripped from Armenias Tigram Martirosyan, who tested positive for stanozolol and turinabol.Also disqualified were weightlifters Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova (ninth place in the 69kg division) and Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan (ninth place in the 85kg class). Dudoglo tested positive for stanozolol, Zairov for turinabol. Air Force 1 Outlet . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Air Force 1 Store . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. https://www.cheapairforce1outlet.com/ .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. Air Force 1 Sale . The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game. Air Force 1 Wholesale .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. Toto Wolff says Nico Rosberg is in a difficult position in the title fight, despite holding a 26-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton.Rosberg could secure the title in Mexico this weekend if he wins the race and Hamilton finishes tenth of lower, but he can also guarantee victory with a minimum of two second-place finishes and a third place at the three remaining races. Although the championship appears to be Rosbergs to lose, team boss Wolff says his driver still faces intense pressure to make sure his advantage is not wiped out by a single retirement.Hes in a difficult position, Wolff said. He needs to look at each weekend at a time, which is what he does. But he needs to make sure he does not DNF, which is the most important.You could probably see it in Turn 1, whether that plays a role, I dont know I havent spoken to him [about it] yet.Meeanwhile, Hamilton has to hope Rosberg slips up at some point as three victories at the remaining three races would not be enough to guarantee him the title.dddddddddddd Asked which of his drivers had the more difficult job, Wolff said: I think both -- one needs to make sure he doesnt DNF and the other needs to score and win. If I could choose I would go for Nico, but its only on pure probability.Wolff also said he would be curious to see how his drivers handle the pressure.The pressure is on both in different ways. Nico was very strong in Singapore, Lewis in Malaysia, Nico again in Japan and then Lewis back on top in the USA. It keeps bouncing between the two, so Im really curious how its going to go from here. ' ' '