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Equestrian stripped of Beijing result for doping
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Equestrian rider Rodrigo Pessoa has been stripped of his fifth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics and banned from competing for 4 1/2 months after a positive drug test on his horse.
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Gym officials: China’s 2008 gold medalists of age
By NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer
Though the case is closed on China’s Olympic gold medalists, the age controversy in gymnastics is far from over.
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Belgium probes top anti-doping doctor
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)—The head of the Belgian Olympic Committee wants his top anti-doping official to resign after a retiring athlete said the doctor had advised him to take illegal products a decade ago.
Track & Field Home Athletes Schedule Results Medals Greek sprinter Gousis denies doping charges
By Renee Maltezou
ATHENS, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A Greek sprinter who failed a dope test days before the Beijing Olympics told a prosecutor on Tuesday he was not aware he was being given performance-enhancing drugs.
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Rogge says IOC more credible on doping since Beijing
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a more credible organisation on doping since the Beijing Games where only eight athletes were suspended for using banned substances, said president Jacques Rogge.
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By Larry FineNEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, who shattered the world record each time to capture Olympic gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4×100 relay, dismissed speculation his sudden rise to supremacy was aided by doping.
(Repeats feature first moved at 0105 GMT)By John Mehaffey
LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Twenty years divide two astonishing Olympic 100 metres finals where the world record was not merely broken but shattered.
At the 1988 Seoul Games muscular Ben Johnson exploded from the blocks to cross the line in 9.79 seconds, four hundredths of a second faster than his own world mark. This year the elongated Usain Bolt clocked 9.69 seconds in Beijing, bettering his old record by three hundredths of a second.
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