Two more doping shocks

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Athens - Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca and Hungarian weightlifting silver medallist Ferenc Gyurkovics were thrown out of the Olympics Saturday after failing drugs test, officials said.

Fonseca, 32, tested positive for banned steroid stanozolol after competing in the women's freestyle wrestling 55kg competition where she finished fifth, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement.

Gyurkovics meanwhile was stripped of his medal from the 105kg weightlifting competition after traces of the anabolic steroid oxandrolone were found in his system after a test on August 24.

A total of 19 named athletes have been kicked out of the Olympics since the IOC began its testing period on July 30.

A further four more have been banned for either failing to undergo tests or attempting to manipulate test results.