The BALCO drugs scandal might cost Marion Jones her five track and field medals, from the Sydney Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened an investigation on Tuesday into doping allegations against Jones.
IOC president, Jacques Rogge, set up a disciplinary commission; to look into the claims made by Victor Conte who was head of BALCO, the lab accused of illegally distributing steroids.
Conte reportedly told ABC's "20/20" that he gave Jones drugs before, and after, the Sydney Olympics. He said that he watched her inject herself with human growth hormone.
Jones denies the allegations, and has threatened to sue Conte for defamation.
The U.S. Olympic Committee supports the IOC action.
World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound, a senior IOC member, has said Jones should be stripped of her medals if Conte is telling the truth.
The IOC could strip the entire team, including Olympic champion Michael Johnson, of the gold medals.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Finally Tested
The dynamic duo of Greek sprinting, Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, were finally given a drugs test last weekend.
The tests were a surprise, so that our two "heroes" did not have time to run off and fake another accident.
The were done at a Greek national team training facility near Athens. The results are not known.
The tests come less than two weeks before track and field's governing body is expected to decide whether Kenteris and Thanou should be suspended.
WADA chief Dick Pound said, in Athens on Monday, that he expected the two athletes would be found guilty by the IAAF.
"These people were avoiding tests and that's the same as a positive test...My prediction is that they are going to find that there was a doping violation and that there will be sanctions against the athletes and, I hope, against the coach."
The tests were a surprise, so that our two "heroes" did not have time to run off and fake another accident.
The were done at a Greek national team training facility near Athens. The results are not known.
The tests come less than two weeks before track and field's governing body is expected to decide whether Kenteris and Thanou should be suspended.
WADA chief Dick Pound said, in Athens on Monday, that he expected the two athletes would be found guilty by the IAAF.
"These people were avoiding tests and that's the same as a positive test...My prediction is that they are going to find that there was a doping violation and that there will be sanctions against the athletes and, I hope, against the coach."
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Sanctions
Dick Pound, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president, has said that he expects the dynamic duo of Greek sprinting, Kostadinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, to be banned for doping violations.
Quote:
"My prediction is that they are going to find that there was a doping violation and that there will be sanctions against the athletes and, I hope, against the coach.."
Last week the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) charged Kenteris, Thanou and their coach Christos Tzekos with doping violations for missing tests in Tel Aviv, Chicago and Athens ahead of the August Games.
Kenteris, Thanou and Tzekos have until December 16 to respond to the charges. If found guilty, they will face two year bans.
The IAAF has charged Tzekos with distributing prohibited substances, assisting in the use of prohibited substances and tampering with the doping control process.
Greek prosecutors have also filed charges against the three over their failure to show up at the test, and about having faked the now infamous motorcycle "accident".
Quote:
"My prediction is that they are going to find that there was a doping violation and that there will be sanctions against the athletes and, I hope, against the coach.."
Last week the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) charged Kenteris, Thanou and their coach Christos Tzekos with doping violations for missing tests in Tel Aviv, Chicago and Athens ahead of the August Games.
Kenteris, Thanou and Tzekos have until December 16 to respond to the charges. If found guilty, they will face two year bans.
The IAAF has charged Tzekos with distributing prohibited substances, assisting in the use of prohibited substances and tampering with the doping control process.
Greek prosecutors have also filed charges against the three over their failure to show up at the test, and about having faked the now infamous motorcycle "accident".
Monday, December 06, 2004
New York Confident for 2012 Games
New York's Olympic organisers have reserved almost all the outdoor advertising space in the city, that's over 600,000 billboards, for the 2012 Olympic Games.
There will also be squads of "brand enforcement agents", to prevent others from profiting from unauthorized ads tied to the Olympics.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed an executive order creating a special board, to crack down on "ambush marketing" by advertisers who are not official Olympic sponsors.
These actions are hoped to convince the International Olympic Committee that New York can control its advertising landscape.
However, the IOC may still not be fully satisfied; because the committee requires that host cities, in addition to locking up all available outdoor advertising space for Olympic sponsors, guarantee that prices charged to those sponsors will be capped "at 2004 rates adjusted solely for inflation."
New York does not meet that requirement; the cost of advertising space would be based on the average of rates from 2007 to 2010, plus a 20 percent premium and an inflationary adjustment.
The other cities, except London which has not discussed the issue, have met the rate cap.
There will also be squads of "brand enforcement agents", to prevent others from profiting from unauthorized ads tied to the Olympics.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed an executive order creating a special board, to crack down on "ambush marketing" by advertisers who are not official Olympic sponsors.
These actions are hoped to convince the International Olympic Committee that New York can control its advertising landscape.
However, the IOC may still not be fully satisfied; because the committee requires that host cities, in addition to locking up all available outdoor advertising space for Olympic sponsors, guarantee that prices charged to those sponsors will be capped "at 2004 rates adjusted solely for inflation."
New York does not meet that requirement; the cost of advertising space would be based on the average of rates from 2007 to 2010, plus a 20 percent premium and an inflationary adjustment.
The other cities, except London which has not discussed the issue, have met the rate cap.
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Guilty
Ludger Beerbaum, the German equestrian competitor in the Olympics, has been found guilty of riding a doped horse at the Athens Olympics.
Germany will lose the gold medal, and it will pass to the USA, unless the Germans appeal.
Beerbaum's horse, Goldfever, was confirmed as being doped; however, Beerbaum denies it, the steroids "apparently" were in a skin ointment.
Beerbaum's failing was to report the use of medication by team veterinarians.
Germany will lose the gold medal, and it will pass to the USA, unless the Germans appeal.
Beerbaum's horse, Goldfever, was confirmed as being doped; however, Beerbaum denies it, the steroids "apparently" were in a skin ointment.
Beerbaum's failing was to report the use of medication by team veterinarians.
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