Five Weight Lifters Expelled From Games
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THENS, Aug. 19 - Five more Olympic weight lifters have been suspended for failing drug tests, including two who were barred just before their competitions, the International Weightlifting Federation said Thursday.
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Five weightlifters were banned from the  Olympics after failing drugs tests, officials said on Thursday,  as doping scandals continued to dominate the first week of the  Games.
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NEW DELHI: India yesterday banned three women weightlifters for life, while the national federation was barred for one year by the sport&#39;s world governing body.
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Five weightlifters were banned from the Olympics after failing drugs tests, officials said on Thursday, as doping scandals continued to dominate the first week of the Games.
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The Greeks have been shamed again at their own Olympics after bronze medal weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was kicked out after failing a dope test.
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Five weightlifters were suspended Thursday for flunking drug tests they took before the Olympics, including two who were pulled out just before walking to the lifting stand.
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Five weightlifters are suspended after failing drugs tests.
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SHAMED Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew from their home Games after a meeting with the International Olympic Committee last night.
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New Delhi, Sep 29 (UNI) Tainted lifters Sanamacha Chanu, Pratima Kumari and S Sunaina were banned for life by the Indian Olympic Association here today.
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Indian sports officials have issued lifetime bans to three female weightlifters and the sport&#39;s top coach after the athletes tested positive for banned drugs at international competitions, including the Athens Olympics.
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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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TEHRAN, Iran -- Nine Iranian weightlifters have tested positive for doping, forcing the national team to withdraw from the upcoming world championships.
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ATHENS -- Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday after six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis lost his Olympic bronze medal Sunday after tests revealed he had taken a banned substance. Sampanis won his medal in the 62-kilogram weightlifting class last Monday.
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Indian sport officials have handed out life bans to three women weightlifters after they failed dope tests during international competitions.
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Michigan State, Boston College's opponent in the Champs Sports Bowl Friday night, announced yesterday that four players have been declared academically ineligible and a fifth has been suspended for violating team rules.
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Apparently, they&#39;re going to keep testing Olympic weightlifters until all the cheaters are gone. Or maybe until the sport itself is gone from the games.