Russian Shot Putter Stripped of Gold Medal
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ATHENS, Greece - Russia's Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her shot put gold medal Monday, the first athlete of the Athens Games to lose an Olympic title because of doping.    Korzhanenko, 30, the first woman to win a gold medal at the sacred site of Ancient Olympia, tested positive for the steroid stanozolol after Wednesday's competition...
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Hungary&#39;s Robert Fazekas will be stripped of his discus gold medal and thrown out of the Olympic Games after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.
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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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ATHENS - Ukrainian rower Olena Olefirenko has failed a drugs test at the Olympics and has been stripped of a bronze medal, the International Olympic Committee has announced.
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A Cuban judo player has tested positive for a banned substance at the Athens Paralympics and is being stripped of his gold medal. The International Paralympic Committee said 35-year-old Sergio Arturo Perez
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Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, Greece&#39;s first medal winner at the Athens Olympics, was stripped of his bronze medal and excluded from the Games Sunday for a doping offense, another big blow for the host nation which is welcoming the homecoming
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It&#39;s the first medal to be stripped from an athlete in Athens because of doping, however, nine weightlifters, including Leonidas Sampanis, have failed drug tests.
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The women&#39;s gold medallist in shot put, Irina Korzhanenko, has been disqualified from the Olympics and stripped of her medal after testing positive for doping.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko won the top women&#39;s athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Hungary&#39;s Olympic discus champion Robert Fazekas has been stripped of his gold medal after being caught trying to switch his urine sample during a mandatory drugs test, an International Olympic Committee source confirmed today.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A Russian shot putter tested positive for steroids after winning the first women&#39;s gold medal at the site where the Olympics were born 16 centuries ago, international and Russian officials said Sunday.
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World number one Roger Federer's top target for the year -- an Olympic tennis gold medal -- was taken away from him in a "terrible day" on Tuesday.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost its luster. A scoring mistake at the all-around gymnastics final cost South Korea's Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation ruled Saturday...
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Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top  women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,  triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of  doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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ATHENS: Paralympic judo champion Sergio Perez has been stripped of his gold medal after failing a doping test but has escaped a ban.
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(Athens, Greece-AP) Aug. 22, 2004 - The women&#39;s shot gold medal shot put winner from Russia, Irina Korzhanenko, is under investigation after failing a doping control test.