Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has tested positive for doping at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday at a press conference.

Kim took a bronze in men's 10-meter air pistol on Aug. 9 and won a silver in the men's 50-meter pistol final on Aug. 12.

The IOC decided at a meeting on Friday to exclude Kim from the Beijing Olympic Games, said IOC press director Giselle Davies.

Kim's bronze in men's 10-meter air pistol final now goes to Jason Turner from the United States, who previously ranked fourth, she said.

China's Tan Zhongliang now takes silver in men's 50-meter pistol final and the bronze goes to Vladimir Isakov, said Davies.

Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno became the first athlete to test positive at the Beijing Games on Monday.

IOC also announced that Vietnamese gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong failed a doping test at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games.

The gymnast ranked 59th with 52.100 points in individual all-around in women's qualification on Aug. 10.

According to the Games' Info System, Do Thi Ngan Thuong, born on March 10, 1989, was the first gymnast from Vietnam to compete at the Olympic Games. She was invited to take part in the Beijing Olympics by the Tripartite Commission.

At the age of seven, she left her family in order to further her gymnastics career and train in China.

"I felt sad and I missed home," she was quoted as saying in the Info System's short athlete biography, which added that she "passed the time by concentrating on her training."

The gymnast's best personal record was a 110th ranking in individual all-around at the 2007 Stuttgart World Championships.

(Xinhua News Agency August 15, 2008)