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ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan weightlifter Ilya Ilyin, one of the sports biggest names, has been stripped of his two Olympic gold medals.The International Olympic Committee stripped Ilyin of the gold medals he won in 2008 and 2012, both in the 94-kilogram class, the Kazakhstan Olympic Committee said in a statement on Wednesday. The IOC has yet to comment.Im shaken today, obviously in shock, Ilyin said in comments reported by Kazakh news site Tengri. Im thinking about an appeal.As well as losing his medals, Ilyin is set to receive a lengthy ban from the International Weightlifting Federation.Samples Ilyin gave at the Beijing and London Games were retested this year using improved detection techniques. Banned steroids stanozolol and turinabol were found in Ilyins samples, the IWF said in June.Ilyin is one of the biggest celebrities in weightlifting with over 400,000 followers on Instagram, and hes the only athlete to win two Olympic gold medals for Kazakhstan.The IOC reanalyzed more than 1,000 stored samples from the Beijing and London Games. The new tests can detect the use of steroids going back weeks and months, rather than days.Kazakhstans weightlifting program, which had been one of the worlds most successful over the last 10 years, has been almost wiped out by the retesting, with all five gold medals won by Kazakh lifters in 2008 and 2012 now stripped.The IOC recorded at least 98 positive tests across numerous sports from the London and Beijing retesting program, with more expected in the pipeline. 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He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record.Raise a glass to celebrate the life of golfs King -- and make it an Arnold Palmer.I imagine that Arnold Palmer walks into a restaurant and they ask him what hes drinking, and he says, `What the hell do you think Im drinking, comedian Will Arnett once cracked.Some sports greats have a trophy named in their honor. Others, a spiffy stadium or a playing surface.Palmer, who died Sunday at 87, had a much more refreshing choice, a mixture of lemonade and iced tea that was named for him.He created a stir on the course and with his drink that made him as much a cultural icon as much as his Grand Slam victories.Around the world, all you had to do was say his name and you could get the perfect mix of iced tea and lemonade.Palmer loved iced tea and suggested to his wife, Winnie, one day that she make a big pitcher of the drink. For fun, he suggested a dose of lemonade to mix things up. He drank it for lunch and loved it so much that the concoction would become a part of his daily routine.I thought, boy, this is great babe, he said in an ESPN documentary . Im going to take it when I play golf. Im going to take a thermos of iced tea and lemonade.The secret to a perfect Arnold Palmer, go heavy on the iced tea with just a splash of lemonade.Palmer said he was overheard ordering the drink in a restaurant and a nearby patron said she wanted an Arnold Palmer.dddddddddddd.Legend has it, the name stuck and -- even if he didnt invented the drink, he sure did popularize the beverage. The perfection was in its simplicity, ideal for a summer day, the end of a round of golf or lunch with the kids.Palmer would stick his name and likeness on a mass produced Arnold Palmer drink distributed by Arizona Beverage Company.He poked fun at the drink in pop culture and appeared in an ESPN SportsCenter commercial where he stood in line and poured himself iced tea from one dispenser and lemonade from another to mix the drink.Palmers drink was parodied down to his last day. The Simpsons poked fun in Sundays episode by having Homer Simpson plot with one of his friends to fill water guns with iced tea and lemonade so he could Arnold Palmer Lenny when he walks in!Arnold Palmer Lenny. Youre going to Arnold Palmer Lenny, Marge Simpson said.Arnold Palmer was a golfer and he made up this drink where its not a full glass of lemonade or a full glass of iced tea, Homer explained.Yes, even a dolt like Homer Simpson could make the drink.And the rest of us could enjoy one. ' ' '