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Greek doping scandal continues |
BACK-UP doping samples of eleven Greek weightlifters showed steroid use, making it unlikely that Greece will send a weightlifting team to the Beijing Olympics.
Lab tests, conducted in Cologne, have confirmed the results of preliminary tests which indicated the presence of traces of methyltrienolone.
Officials from Greece's weightlifting federation said on Friday that they had not received official notification of the B-test results and declined to comment.
The Olympic weightlifting coach, Christos Iakovou, was suspended after the preliminary findings were revealed and the Sports Minister, Yiannis Ioannidis, said that the weightlifters' participation at the Beijing Olympics was unlikely.
Iakovou blamed the positive tests on dietary supplements sent from Auspure Biotechnology, based in Shanghai, China. Iakovou's lawyer released an e-mail from the company apologizing for making a mistake.
Iakovou, 60, is one of Greece's most successful coaches, with his lifters winning 12 Olympic medals — five gold — since the 1992 Barcelona games.
The out-of-competition tests were conducted in Athens on March 7 and the names of the male and female athletes, 11 of the national team's 14 members, have not been announced pending the outcome of a judicial inquiry or possible sanctions against them by sports authorities.
Ten of the athletes have backed Iakovou but one threatened to take legal action against anyone found responsible for giving her steroids, allegedly without her knowledge.
On Friday, her lawyer said he had submitted a medical report into evidence as part of the doping investigation. |  Return to Top
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