US cyclist ensnared in doping scandal
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PARIS Tyler Hamilton, the American bicycle racer who won an Olympic gold medal in the time trial last month in Athens, strongly denied Tuesday that he had used illegal performance-enhancing blood transfusions there and in the major race in Spain.
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Tyler Hamilton, the American bicycle racer who won a gold medal in the individual time trial at the Olympics last month in Athens, is suspected of receiving illegal performance
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SPRINTER Jerome Young, a central figure in a doping case that could cost the US relay team its gold medal from the Sydney Olympics, was banned for life by the US Anti-Doping Agency yesterday following his second positive test for a banned drug.
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The International Cycling Union is threatening riders with fines in an effort to stop doping. The UCI asked all 600 ProTour cyclists to sign an anti-doping charter saying they are not involved in doping and promise to submit DNA samples to Spanish authorities investigating the Operation Puerto. Riders have until July 7 &#151; the start of the Tour de France &#151; to sign the document.
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Tyler Hamilton&#39;s cycling team is challenging the method of a drug test that nearly cost him his Olympic gold medal and could result in a two-year ban for the US rider.
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Another American champion was hit with a shocking positive drug test Saturday &#151; Olympic and world 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin. Gatlin said he has been informed that he tested positive for testosterone or other prohibited steroids &#151; the same violation that, only two days ago, threw Floyd Landis' victory in the Tour de France into question.
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ATHENS, Greece Dec 20, 2004 - An Olympic doping laboratory was charged Monday with destroying a sample that belonged to gold medalist cyclist Tyler Hamilton.
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T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitzâs positive drug test, taken a month before the start of the Tour de France, threatens the teamâs sponsorship and could further erode public support for cycling.
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Cyclingâs crackdown on doping, and the retirement of Lance Armstrong in 2005, have caused teams to change their strategies and opened up the competition for the yellow jersey.
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Lance Armstrong angrily defends his reputation in the wake of more doping claims by two former team-mates.
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After a major crash in Stage 1 of the Tour of California, officials bent the rules in a way that allowed the hometown hero to keep the leaderâs jersey.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Just hours after Justin Gatlin stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the 100 metres, his coach made a surprise admission on Sunday, revealing he was the anonymous source that sparked a doping investigation that rocked the world
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MADRID : American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who won the Olympic time trial gold medal last month, faces a two-year ban after becoming the first ever athlete to give a positive test for blood doping.
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A former amateur mountain bike racer from Boulder, Colo., has accused Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of trying to trick him into carrying illicit doping materials into Italy five years ago.
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ATHENS, Greece Prosecutors in Athens, Greece have charged &quot;unknown perpetrators&quot; with destroying the backup blood sample of US cyclist Tyler Hamilton during the Summer Olympics.
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Former world champion cyclist Tammy Thomas was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of hindering the government's steroid probe.
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The federal grand jury investigating steroid use in sports today indicted a former cyclist, Tammy Thomas, for perjury and obstruction of justice, charging that she lied to another grand jury probing the Balco steroids case.