Three sporting champions to be stripped of titles for non-doping reasons

AFP Sports picks out three previous instances: Jim Thorpe -- 1912 Olympics He achieved the remarkable double of winning both the decathlon and the pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Thorpe became the first Native America to be crowned Olympic champion and was hailed as the "greatest athlete in the world" by Swedish King Gustav V. However, a few months later, in January 1913, it was revealed Thorpe had earned money playing baseball for two seasons prior to the Games. This was forbidden...