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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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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Disgraced Olympic shot put championIrina Korzhanenko from Russia has been expelled from the Athens Games after failing a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
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U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards is knocked out of the Olympics for good Tuesday when an arbitration panel upholds her two-year drug suspension.
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GREEK sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were today provisionally suspended by the world governing athletics body for missing three doping tests before the Athens Olympics.
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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.
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U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards was knocked out of the Olympics for good Tuesday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension, rejecting her arguments that she took a banned stimulant by accident. Edwards had been considered a medal contender in the 100 and 200 meters at the Athens Games.
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American sprinter Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years and must forfeit her 2003 world 200-meter indoor title for a doping violation linked to the the San Francisco laboratory that has the International Olympic Committee
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World 100 metres champion Torri Edwards will miss the Athens Olympics after her appeal against a two-year drugs ban was dismissed.
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Olympic swimming champion, Michael Phelps, withdrew from the &quot; World Short Course Championships&quot; in Indianapolis last night because of tightness in his back.
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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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The former world champion pole-vaulter Giuseppe Gibilisco was barred for two years yesterday for his alleged role in the Oil for Drugs case.Gibilisco and several other athletes have been linked in the case to an Italian doctor who allegedly supplied doping products.Gibilisco won the world title in 2003 and Olympic bronze in 2004.
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ATHENS, Greece - U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards was knocked out of the Olympics for good Tuesday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension, rejecting her arguments that she took a banned stimulant by accident...
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Australia&#39;s fitness trainer was banned and fined by FIFA on Friday for making an offensive gesture during the Olympic soccer tournament.
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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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Oscar Pistorius could be ineligible to race against able-bodied athletes because of his prosthetics.
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Disgraced former sprint stars Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were yesterday banned by international athletics officials from taking part in any competition, pending a ruling by Greek sports authorities on charges that the two runners dodged doping