Doping Casts Shadow Over Olympics -- Again
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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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Millions of people around the world watched the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens over the past two weeks. Most viewers simply marvel at the talents of the world's best athletes, but a select few watch and realistically envision themselves among the elite.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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Devastated by doping, a sport looks to youth to revive its fortunes
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Athens - The Athens Olympics have turned from party to tragedy for hosts Greece after doping scandals involving three of their top athletes.
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Just eleven days into the 2004 Olympics in Athens, we have already been confronted with the seemingly common problem of drug use within sport. So much so, in fact, that it has been dubbed "The Gene Games" by chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's ethical issues review panel, Thomas Murray.    In a recent interview conducted by the New York Times, Murray talks about the impact of drugs in sport, and what effect they have on the athletes involved.
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Athens, Aug 20. (PTI):In a belated damage-control exercise, the Indian Olympic Association today announced setting up of a Committee to probe into the Olympic Games doping scandal and suggest stringent measures to curb the menace.
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ATHENS  Weightlifting&#39;s governing body isn&#39;t about to give up its aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters, even if it jeopardizes the sport&#39;s future in the Olympics, the group&#39;s top official said yesterday after six more ...
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Cyclist Michael Rogers could benefit for the second time in a month from a crackdown on drug cheats, this time by picking up an Olympic bronze medal.
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Fans and athletes give Olympic judges low marks.
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Drugs cast another shadow over the Olympics Thursday with Ukrainian women rowers losing their bronze medal and another weightlifter being barred.
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TURIN, Italy  - The discovery of a new, highly  sophisticated steroid designed to evade drug-testers is a  positive step in the war against doping in sport although more  illegal substances are sure to surface, says Olympic chief  Jacques Rogge.
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The world governing body for athletics will consider lowering from three to two the number of drug test no-shows before an athlete is considered to have committed a doping offense.
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DUBLIN, Ireland The investigation into whether Ireland&#39;s only medal winner from the Athens Olympics had a banned substance in his system has taken a twist.
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As the Greeks recover from last night&#39;s Olympics closing ceremony, many German papers on Monday morning commented that drug scandals cast a shadow over these Summer Games.
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Six weeks after the Athens Olympics, the United States stands to pick up another gold medal -- thanks to an equestrian doping scandal.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in track suits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.