Ruling Halts Double-Amputee Sprinterâs Olympic Bid
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Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, will not be eligible to pursue his dream of qualifying for the Olympics.
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ATHENS -- Star sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were suspended yesterday from the Greek Olympic team for missing drug tests, but their fate was left in the hands of the International Olympic Committee.
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ATHENS, Greece - What had already been a bad Olympics for decathlon world champion Tom Pappas got worse Tuesday when he injured his left foot in the pole vault and withdrew from the competition.    The injury occurred as the American ran down the runway in his first vault attempt - at 15 feet, 1 inch...
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Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and  Katerina Thanou won a two-day reprieve at the Athens Olympics  Monday so they could appear in person at a disciplinary hearing  into their missed drugs tests and protest their innocence.
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Christine Ohuruogu, a British runner who had been tipped to be one of the faces of the 2012 London Olympics, has been banned from competition for a year after missing three out-of-competition drug tests, UK Athletics announced on Friday.
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Double amputee Oscar Pistoriusâ much-anticipated debut against elite able-bodied competition fizzled Sunday when he was disqualified for running out of his lane.
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A doping probe which has dogged the host  country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a  hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed  again.
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Sprinter Jerome Young, a central figure in a doping case that could cost the U.S. relay team its gold medal from Sydney, was banned for life by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday following his second positive test for a banned drug.
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A hearing in the doping cases of US sprinters Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines that had been set for next week was postponed at the request of all parties, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday.
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Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius fails in his bid to compete at the 2008 Olympics after his prosthetic limbs are found to give him an unfair advantage.
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South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday against his ban from running at this year's Beijing Olympics with artificial limbs.
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Alexander Popov, twice a double-sprint freestyle Olympic gold medalist, said Thursday it was unlikely that he would compete again.
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US Olympic officials Friday rejected as âdeplorableâ a suggestion by the International Gymnastics Federation that menâs all-around individual champion Paul Hamm
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United States sprinter Jerome Young was banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency yesterday following his second positive test for an illegal steroid in a case that could affect a US relay team&#39;s gold medal from Sydney.
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Track and fieldâs world governing body ruled that a double-amputee sprinterâs state-of-the-art prosthetics give him an unfair advantage.
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American sprinter Jerome Young was banned from competition for life Wednesday by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. For the second time, Young tested positive for a banned
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Oscar Pistorius, a 20-year-old double amputee who wants to race against the best able-bodied runners, will get his chance and then some.