LONDON — Two officials with knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press that Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal for doping.

Ramzi was one of five athletes from the 2008 Beijing Games who tested positive in April for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-booster EPO, in new tests using retroactive blood samples.
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop of Kenya stands to be upgraded from silver to gold. Nicolas Willis of New Zealand could go from bronze to silver, and Mehdi Baala of France would get the bronze.
On Tuesday, Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin was stripped of his silver medal in the Beijing road race for a positive CERA test.