Lausanne, July 9 -- : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said that Turkish weightlifter Mete Binay has been disqualified from the London Olympics 2012 after it conducted "additional analyses" on the samples collected from the event.

"The IOC is currently conducting additional analyses on the samples collected from the Olympic Games London 2012. This programme, which uses the latest scientific analysis methods, aims to test samples for all the substances prohibited in 2012," IOC said in a statement.

"The IOC has delegated the selection of samples to be reanalysed and the results management to the International Testing Agency (ITA), and the ITA thus brings forward these cases," it added.

IOC said that the reanalysis of ...