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The International Olympic Committee will target Russia, Mexico and Kenya in pre-Olympic drugs testing ahead of the Rio Games. Olympic medallists from the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games will also be targeted in extended re-analysis of drug test samples, the IOC announced on Wednesday.Thirty-one athletes tested positive following re-analysis of samples from the 2008 Games - as did a further 23 from London 2012 - and the IOC will now take further measures in its battle against doping, with particular scrutiny placed on athletes from Russia, Kenya and Mexico, where the testing programmes are non-compliant. Special focus will be put on countries where the testing programme is non-compliant - Kenya, Russia and Mexico, the IOC said in a statement on its pre-Olympic testing programme after an executive board meeting on Wednesday.An IOC statement added: The re-analysis programme for the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012 will be further extended.Together with WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency), we will target medallists from both Olympic Games for possible re-analysis. Lord Sebastian Coe has rejected claims London 2012 may have been the dirtiest Olympic Games in history The announcements were made as part of the IOC executive boards five-point action plan to tackle doping ahead of the Rio Games, which open on August 5.The fight against doping is a top priority for the IOC, which has established a zero-tolerance policy, the statement added.The IOC will not hesitate to punish anyone within its reach responsible for using or providing doping products or methods, including officials, coaches and other members of the athletes entourage. Rio is preparing to host the Olympics in August The Olympic fate of Russias track and field athletes - suspended by the IAAF, athletics world governing body - is to be determined on June 17 after their suspension.The IOC will then review the entire doping programme and measures being taken for Rio 2016 in October and lead the drive for independence.It added: The IOC will continue to push for all testing independent from sports organisations and to harmonise national and international testing under the leadership of a new entity.The IOC will lead by example and establish such an independent process, working with WADA, to be in place for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Also See: Russia seeks doping compromise Russia confirms 2012 failed tests Federations could be banned Demarcus Lawrence Womens Jersey . The Ravens werent about to let it happen again. 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The Austrian, who also won the Olympic super-G in Sochi, won the race despite finishing seventh in the first run. Her combined time of 2 minutes, 26.39 seconds was 0.21 faster than surprise runner-up Anemone Marmottan of France. Lara Gut of Switzerland and Eva-Maria Brem of Austria tied for third, trailing Fenninger by 0.39. Hoefl-Riesch placed 21st in what is typically her weakest discipline and earned only 10 World Cup race points. Fenningers 100 points brought her within 67 of the 2011 overall champion from Germany with six races remaining this season. Congratulating Fenninger in a post on her Twitter account, Hoefl-Riesch wrote: "Now you are the favourite for the big crystal globe." In her past four races, Fenninger has collected two Olympics medals, finished second in a World Cup downhill and now taken her sixth career World Cup win. The 24-year-old Austrians second GS victory this season lifted her to secondd behind Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden in the season-long discipline standings.dddddddddddd. Lindell-Vikarby placed sixth in front of her home crowd, 0.82 behind, and has a 54-point lead over Fenninger. Are hosts another giant slalom on Friday, after Thursdays race was a replacement for one cancelled last month in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Tina Maze of Slovenia, the Olympic champion in GS, held a clear first-leg lead Thursday but had a strangely cautious second run to fall to fifth place. Marmottan and Brem both recorded their first career podium finishes in the World Cup. Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States placed 15th, 2.16 behind Fenninger. The Olympic champion in slalom will get a chance to race her favourite event on Saturday. The season concludes next week with the World Cup finals races in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where weather has been a major factor. Hoefl-Riesch clinched her 2011 title by only three points from Lindsey Vonn when the final GS race was cancelled, and last year none of the mens and womens downhill and super-G races were completed. ' ' '