Dope tests catch medallists
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A Greek weightlifter loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian shot putter also fails a test.
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As many as six weightlifters tested  positive for drugs before the Athens Olympics, officials said  on Thursday.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - Personalized blood profiling should help doping testers to tackle currently undetectable methods of cheating in sport but stringent controls are needed to make it work, experts say.
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Four horses competing at the Athens Olympics tested positive for banned substances, the International Equestrian Federation announced Friday. Showjumper Cian O'Connor, winner of Ireland's only gold medal in Athens, confirmed that his horse, Waterford Crystal, tested positive.
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Sport's top anti-doping official hailed  the 2004 Olympics as a "great success" Friday and revealed that  one in 10 drugs samples taken in Athens had been tested for  human growth hormone (HGH).
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Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou face misdemeanor charges for allegedly skipping drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, faking a motorcycle accident to cover up their absences and lying to investigators, the public
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The news that Ireland&#39;s Cian O&#39;Connor could lose his Olympic gold medal after a positive dope test on his mount, Waterford Crystal, has shaken the show jumping world.
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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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IRELANDâS only gold medal of the Athens Olympics will depend on a drugs test in New York on the blood sample given by Waterford Crystal, the horse on which Cian OâConnor won the showjumping title.
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Pedialyte makes appearance in the locker rooms of professional athletes.
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Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday following six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...
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The International Olympic Committee joined the investigation yesterday into allegations that Marion Jones, the American gold-medal sprinter, had used anabolic steroids and other illegal bodybuilding drugs.
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Health passports for athletes, a whistleblowing hotline and quicker sample testing could soon find a role in the fight against doping.
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Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Football, athletics, even cricket - the stain of cheating and doping now seems ingrained in our most cherished games.
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ATHENS : Weightlifting was reeling from the latest crisis to hit the perennially drug-tainted sport here as six more athletes were kicked out of the Olympics for failing dope tests.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after testing positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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A Greek Olympian has been stripped of his bronze medal after testing positive for drugs, and a Russian gold medallist has also reportedly failed a test.