Olympic Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games
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Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.
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The International Olympic Commiteee announced Sunday to expel Greek lifter Leonidas Sampanis out of the Olympic Games and strip him of the bronze medal he won in the men&#39;s 62kg category at the Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance.
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A cyclist and two weightlifters were stripped of their medals at the Athens Paralympics because of failed drug tests, officials said Sunday.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The winner of Wednesday&#39;s women&#39;s shot put has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test after the competition.
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Olympic chiefs recommended on November 26 that Bulgaria&#39;s Ivan Slavkov be expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for tarnishing its reputation.
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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.
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The Olympic 100-meter champion had a potential eight-year doping ban reduced, but he will not be able to defend his gold medal in Beijing this summer.
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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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The IOC recommended Friday that Bulgaria&#39;s top Olympic official be expelled from the organization for unethical conduct. Ivan Slavkov has been suspended from the IOC since Aug. 7 after being implicated in
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Terming their explanations for missed drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens &quot;unacceptable,&quot; the world governing body of track and field (IAAF) yesterday announced that Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou would be banned
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Greek national sporting hero Kostas Kenteris and training partner Ekaterini Thanou have withdrawn from the Olympic Games.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was kicked out of the Olympics and stripped of his bronze medal in the 62-kilogram class after drug tests found his testosterone levels were twice as high as allowed.
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Hungarian weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics was stripped of his silver medal and kicked out of the Olympics on Saturday for using steroids.
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Hungarian weightlifting silver medalist Ferenc Gyurkovics and Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca were expelled from the games Saturday after testing positive for steroids, the International Olympic Committee said.
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A Hungarian discus-thrower was set to  lose his gold medal on Tuesday for trying to cheat on a drugs  test, setting a dismal record for Athens as the first Olympics  to see two athletics champions disgraced and expelled.
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday for a doping offense, another embarrassment for the host nation.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board on Sunday announced that it will strip Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis of a bronze medal won in the Athens Olympics early in the week after the athlete failed a doping test.