Scandal grows as Greek flunks drug test
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ATHENS - Host nation Greece, already embarrassed by two sprinters who dropped out of the Games after missing a drug test, received another black eye when bronze-winning weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis tested positive for excessive ...
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We do not dare to believe that our two champions, Katerina Thanou and Kostas Kenteris, avoided the IOC&#39;s drug test because they were doped.
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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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A doping probe which has dogged the host  country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a  hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed  again.
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Greece's top two sprinters should  finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs  investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host  nation.
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THENS, Aug. 18 - It all started with two Greek athletes missing mandatory drug tests on Aug. 12, then appearing, hours later, at a local hospital with injuries and a story about a motorcycle accident. Konstantinos ...
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ATHENS, Greece - The first woman to win a gold medal at Ancient Olympia - a Russian shot putter - is under investigation for a positive drug test, international and Russian Olympic officials said Sunday.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----       Greek Athletes Who Missed Drug Test Quit Games      The two Greek athletes who missed a drug test on Aug. 12 have withdrawn from the Olympic Games...
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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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Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou face misdemeanor charges for allegedly skipping drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, faking a motorcycle accident to cover up their absences and lying to investigators, the public
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Prosecutors charged a Greek weightlifter Monday for taking banned substances during the Olympics and filed charges against the Athens doping laboratory for allegedly destroying a sample that belonged to American Olympic gold medal cyclist
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ATHENS, Greece If you followed the Summer Olympics closely, you&#39;ll remember that Greece&#39;s top two sprinters were involved in a doping scandal that embarrassed the host country.
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GREEK sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou face two-year suspensions for violating anti-doping rules. The International Association of Athletic Federations are set to hammer the pair after they missed out-of-competition drug tests.
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Russia's shot put gold medallist Irina Korzhaenko fails a drugs test, according to reports.
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The Greek sprinters at the center of a drug scandal withdraw from the Summer Games but still face possible sanctions for missing several mandatory drug tests.
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EKATERINI THANOU and Konstantinos Kenteris, the Greek sprinters, were charged yesterday with missing a mandatory drugs test on the eve of the Olympic Games and for making false statements about a motorbike accident.
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ATHENS -- On the day the world track federation (IAAF) opened an investigation into alleged drug violations by two Greek sprinters and their coach, IAAF Doping Commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist said the organization had long been unhappy with Greece's approach to anti-doping rules.