The inset picture above shows a delighted Aksana celebrating her gold
medal success in the women's Hammer at the 2008 Olympic Games in
Beijing. It was an unexpected performance by Miankova, who won gold thanks
to a new Olympic record throw of 76.34m in the 5th round, leaving her
comfortably ahead of her nearest challenger Yipsi Moreno. The main photo above also shows Aksana during the final.
(Eight years later she was caught. See below).
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Women's Hammer Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
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| X Aksana MIANKOVA |
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BLR |
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76.34m DRUGS
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| 1. Yipsi MORENO |
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CUB |
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75.20m |
| 2. Wenxiu ZHANG |
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CHN |
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74.32m |
| X. Darya PCHELNIK |
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BLR |
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73.65m DRUGS
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| 3. Manuela MONTERBRUN |
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FRA |
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72.54m |
| 4. Anita WLODARCZYK |
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POL |
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71.56m |
| 5. Clarissa CLARETTI |
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ITA |
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71.33m |
| 6. Martina HRASNOVA |
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SVK |
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71.00m |
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Aksana Miankova finished 7th. at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Her personal best was 78.69 m. HOWEVER !
In 2016, she was stripped of her Olympic medal after a re-analysis of her drug sample
tested positive.
On 25th. November 2016 the IOC disqualified her from both the 2008 and 2012
Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis
of her doping samples from 2008 and 2012.
It was the only medal she ever "won" at a major championship.
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2016 73.07 Brest, BLR 21 MAY
2015 73.26 Brest, BLR 27 MAY
2014 71.56 Minsk 07 JUN
2013 75.45 Brest, BLR 27 APR
2012 78.69 Minsk 18 JUL
2011 67.78 Minsk 04 JUN
2010 67.27 Minsk (Stayki) 23 JAN
2009 76.32 Minsk (Stayki) 01 AUG
2008 77.32 Minsk (Stayki) 29 JUN
2007 73.94 Minsk 01 JUN
2006 76.86 Minsk 23 JUN
2005 70.15 Minsk 21 JUL
2004 70.23 Minsk 21 MAY
2003 67.58 Bydgoszcz 20 JUL
2002 66.42 Minsk 20 JUL
2001 59.24 Grosseto 21 JUL