Amputee Barred From Olympics
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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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Britain's 400 metres runner Christine Ohuruogu is to appeal the ban that rules her out of future Olympics, but if that fails she will stop running.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis is stripped of his bronze medal and expelled from the Olympics for a doping offense.
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World 100 meters champion Torri Edwards  will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a  two-year drugs ban was dismissed Tuesday.
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The IAAF ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing legs give him a clear competitive advantage.
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After being barred from the Beijing Olympics, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius vows to continue fighting for the right to compete against anyone.
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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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The International Olympic Committee has stripped a Greek weightlifter of his bronze medal and expelled him from the Athens Games for a doping offense.
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The IAAF ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing blades give him a clear competitive advantage
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Sport: Athletics: Douple amputee world-record holder Oscar Pistorius will race the world's best able-bodied 400m runner next month.
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ATHENS (CP) - Canadian sprinter Earle Connor has been suspended from the Canadian Paralympic team pending the final review of his positive drug test by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.
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Suspended NHL star Theo Fleury has been barred from playing for the Horse Lake Thunder in the North Peace Hockey League.
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Dwain Chambers will not be able to compete at the Beijing Olympics after missing the deadline to appeal against his lifetime ban.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his gold medal from the all-around event at the Athens Olympics after the highest review panel in international sports rejected a protest from a South Korean competitor.
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Olympic men's hammer champion Adrian  Annus has been stripped of his gold medal after failing to take  a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday.
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Alejandro Valverde of Spain was barred from next monthâs road world championships after cyclingâs world governing body concluded he might have violated doping rules.