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Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou was declared ineligible for the Beijing Games on Sunday by the International Olympic Committee
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Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou was declared ineligible for the Beijing Games on Sunday by the International Olympic Committee.
The decision was expected and is another sign of the IOC's renewed efforts to clamp down on cheaters. Thanou won't appeal the decision, her lawyer, Nikos Kollias, told The Associated Press.
IOC spokesperson Giselle Davies said the 15-member executive board's unanimous vote was intended to "to send a firm signal of the IOC's moral consideration that this case has brought the Olympic movement very much into disrepute."
Thanou and teammate Kostas Kenteris missed their third no-advance-notice drug test on the eve of the 2004 Athens Games. The duo claimed they had a scooter accident on their way back to the athletes village to be tested. Missing three tests results in an automatic two-year ban.
Thanou has served that ban, but the IOC declared in 2004 that it reserved the right to decide her eligibility because of the questionable circumstances surrounding the scooter accident. The Greeks' biggest medals hopes were charged with staging the crash and providing authorities with false information. The start of their trial has been repeatedly postponed and is expected to take place in early 2009.
"There was a whole string of events that took place in this sorry tale," Davies said. "They really resulted in what the IOC sees as a scandalous saga.
Thanou is waiting to hear the IOC's decision on reallocating Marion Jones' medals from the 2000 Olympics. She was second behind Jones in the 100 meters. The IOC has said it is awaiting news from the BALCO investigation before deciding how to redistribution her five medals and a gold medal won by the US men's 4x400 relay.
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(Agencies)
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國際奧委會于周日宣布取消希臘短跑運動員卡特里娜?薩努參加北京奧運會的資格。
這個決定是意料之中的，同時也再次體現國際奧委會加大力度嚴懲作弊運動員的決心。
國際奧委會發言人吉賽拉?戴維斯說，執行理事會的15個成員一致投票做出這個決定，這體現了“國際奧委會在道德評判方面的嚴厲態度，這種事件已經嚴重損害了奧林匹克運動的名譽。”
薩努和隊友柯斯塔斯?肯特里斯在2004年雅典奧運會前夕缺席第三次隨機藥檢。這兩人聲稱他們在趕回奧運村接受藥檢途中摩托車出了意外。缺席三次藥檢的結果是自動禁賽兩年。
薩努接受了禁賽處罰，不過國際奧委會在2004年表示因對摩托車車禍事件有質疑而保留對其參賽資格認定的權力。這位希臘最有可能奪得獎牌的運動員后來因為制造車禍事件以及提供虛假信息而被起訴。不過，該案件的審理被一推再推， 2009年初有望開庭審理。
戴維斯說：“這起事件一波三折，最后真的演變成了國際奧委會所看到的丑聞?！?/font>
薩努目前正在等待國際奧委會對2000年奧運會上瑪利安?瓊斯所獲獎牌重新分配的決議。當時的100米短跑中，她在瓊斯之后，位列第二。國際奧委會表示要在得到海灣實驗室合作公司的調查結果之后才能決定如何重新分配那五塊獎牌以及另一塊被美國摘走的男子4x400米接力金牌。
（實習生屈上 英語點津Helen編輯） |
