Greek sprinters quit to end Games scandal
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Greece&#39;s two top athletes have pulled out of the Athens Olympics and apologised to the Greek people for a scandal over missed dope tests that has tarnished the Games&#39; return to their birthplace.
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Greece's top two athletes, facing a  state prosecutor's investigation over failed drug tests and a  motorbike crash, left the hospital on Tuesday declaring they  were innocent and should be allowed to compete in the Olympic  Games.
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Sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, who carried the hopes of their native Greece upon them, have withdrawn from the Summer Games amid a torrent of speculation and potential scandal.
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Greece was rocked by the threat of being  stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team  manager offered to quit on Friday, as doping overshadowed  Michael Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal  winner.
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Greece's top two sprinters should  finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs  investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host  nation.
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SHAMED Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris last night denied he faked a motorbike crash to escape a drug test ahead of the Olympics. Sydney 200 metres champ Kenteris and fellow sprint star Katerina Thanou withdrew
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Greece's two top sprinters pulled out of  the Athens Games on Wednesday and apologized over a drugs drama  that besmirched the spiritual homeland of the Olympics.
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Two top Greek athletes will today learn if they will be banned from competing in the Olympics following a drugs scandal.
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Greece was rocked by the threat of being  stripped of an Athens Games medal and the host nation's team  manager offered to quit Friday, as doping overshadowed Michael  Phelps' drive to be Olympic swimming's top medal winner.
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TWO Greek sprinters facing expulsion from the Olympics over missed drug tests left hospital yesterday after four days of treatment for injuries suffered in an unexplained motorbike crash.
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ATHENS, Greece - Top Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after the duo missed a drug test and were hospitalized after a mysterious motorcycle crash.   "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee...
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Greece&#39;s top two sprinters should finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host nation.
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Athletics&#39; world governing body on Wednesday temporarily suspended Greek sprint stars Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou pending a full hearing of their doping cases.
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Greece's top two sprinters pulled out of  the Olympics on Wednesday after inflicting six days of  embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest  with anti-doping enforcers.
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MARK COLVIN: The fastest man and woman in Greek athletics are tonight out of the Olympics. Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have both withdrawn from the Games after an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing on their failure to turn up for ...
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The Greek sprinters at the center of a drug scandal withdraw from the Summer Games but still face possible sanctions for missing several mandatory drug tests.
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Greek Olympic 200 meters champion Costas  Kenteris said on Wednesday he was withdrawing from the Athens  Games "out of a sense of responsibility."