<p>Former world and Olympic shot put champion Svetlana Krivelyova is being investigated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over a possible breach of doping rules at the 2004 Athens Games where she won bronze. Valentin Balakhnichyov, president of the Russian athletics federation (VFLA), said Krivelyova was aware of the probe.<br /><br />The IOC is set to discuss potential doping cases from the 2004 Games at its executive board meeting in Lausanne next week, according to an Olympic movement source.<br /><br />Krivelyova was awarded the bronze medal in the women's shot put in Athens after her Russian team-mate Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her gold after failing a drugs test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.</p>
<p>Former world and Olympic shot put champion Svetlana Krivelyova is being investigated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over a possible breach of doping rules at the 2004 Athens Games where she won bronze. Valentin Balakhnichyov, president of the Russian athletics federation (VFLA), said Krivelyova was aware of the probe.<br /><br />The IOC is set to discuss potential doping cases from the 2004 Games at its executive board meeting in Lausanne next week, according to an Olympic movement source.<br /><br />Krivelyova was awarded the bronze medal in the women's shot put in Athens after her Russian team-mate Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her gold after failing a drugs test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.</p>