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The year that was: 2009

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:47:12 -0500

Dreadful season for Greek athletics

A red sky morning greeted Greek tack & field in 2009, when SEGAS published its list of top carded athletes. It included only four names, soon down to three after the suspension of Athanasia Tsoumeleka. Piyi Deve...

The IOC: Deserving of more than a snicker?

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:37:39 -0500

In a well-written piece on the International Olympic Committee/Katerina Thanou story this past week titled “Tough Justice ensures gold glitters,” by John Leicester of the Associated Press, the writer takes a stand alongside the IOC that many readers will be sympathetic to.

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IOC Ethics Commission receives letter from Thanou

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:39:01 -0500

A letter before action has been sent to the International Olympic Committee's Ethics Commission asking for a reversal of the IOC decision last week to not award the Sydney 100m gold medal to Greece’s Katerina Thanou.

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Greek sprinter Thanou commences legal action against IOC

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:42:41 -0500

HellenicAthletes.com has learned that legal action has been brought today against the International Olympic Committee by the Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou.

More will be forthcoming as we receive further details and confirmation.

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Exclusive: Inside the Katerina Thanou legal strategy

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:12:09 -0500

This past week the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to not award the 2000 Olympics 100m gold medal to the Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou, despite her listed as the winner of the ra...

Fearless IOC continues discriminating against Greek sprinter

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:34:08 -0500

It has been widely reported today that the Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou will not, for the time being, be upgraded to the Sydney gold medal stripped from the American drug cheat Marion Jones.

Jones was stripped of her three gold and two bronze medals from the Sydney Olympics for using ba...

Patience wearing thin as sprinters� trial postponed for 5th time

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:58:06 -0500

The Athens trial of the Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou was, much to our disappointment, postponed yet again earlier this week.

Originally filed in November of 2004 after a three-month criminal investigation into the worst sports scanda...

Trial date postponed yet again for Greek sprinters

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:21:10 -0500

The Athens trial of the Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou has been postponed yet again. It is now scheduled to be heard September 22, 2010. Athens prosecutors filed charge...

And that�s that on �the Bolt�

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:48:12 -0400

You just knew it was a sign of things to come, when in walked a rep handing out “Bolt Arms” on the subway en-route to the historic Olympic Stadium in Berlin on the night of the men’s 100m final.

“I want the Bolt to win Daddy,” my 5-year old daughter kept repe...

JADCO Disciplinary Panel issued correct decision

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:53:47 -0400

The sport of Athletics, just a few days before it showcases the world’s greatest athletes, is once again scrambling to deal with a case involving doping controversy.

Only this time, based on our reading of the facts, it appears that the panel set up to investigate the positive tests...

Exclusive: Thanou rejects IOC offer of Sydney gold

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:11:40 -0400

The Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou recently rejected an International Olympic Committee offer that would have seen her receive the Sydney Olympics 100m gold medal stripped from Marion Jones in return for acknowledgement of guilt and full responsibility for the Athens 2004 controversy, ...

Greek athletics team for Berlin

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:38:08 -0400

Greece has named only 22 athletes to its world championships team. Less is not more this year, as the team is without Greek champions Piyi Devetzi and Kostas Douvalidis, both out due to injury. The team is also caught in a time warp, as it has seen top names retire in recent years but...

Greek Juniors, Under-23�s, impress at Euro championships

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:17:58 -0400

Greece’s senior track & field competitors may be having a rough season, but those relishing the opportunity to succeed them performed very nicely at two just completed European championships.

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Jamaica reeling over positive doping tests

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:24:18 -0400

Tears are flowing down the streets of Kingston this weekend, as less than a year following Jamaica’s sprinting dominance at the Beijing Olympics, the country is in a state of shock from the news that five of its leading sprinters tested positive for a banned substance at last month’s...

Greek Athletics mired in dreadful season

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:04:06 -0400

Long-jumper Louis Tsatoumas looks to be the sole Greek track athlete with any shot at a medal next month at the IAAF world championships in athletics.

Consistently jumping in excess of 8 metres all season long, Tsatoumas will have to overcome his perennial big stage jitters, however, if G...

Tsatoumas beaten on last attempt in Athens

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:09:01 -0400

ATHENS, Greece (HA.com) – Athens was the latest stop on the athletics circuit today as it hosted the Athens Grand Prix ‘Tsiklitiria,’ an event that has in the past seen tremendous performances including world records in the 100m.

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Greek State to further tighten doping rules, Judo boss wants weightlifting moratorium

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:33:44 -0400

The Greek government intends to take further measures in the fight against doping in sport, Deputy Culture Minister for sports Yiannis Ioannidis announced on Tuesday. He was speaking during a meeting that he convened at the ministry to discuss the latest incident of doping on Greece 's weightlift...

Exclusive: Former star sprinter Surin upset over state of sport in Canada

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:05:09 -0400

The quiet lion of track & field is staying quiet no more. And he’s got Canadian track & field officials square in his sights.

Upset about Canada’s medal count decline on the world scene the last few years and the recent departures of Canadian coaches for greener...

Lights out for Greek weightlifting?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:25:56 -0400

ATHENS, July 1 (HA.com) – If Greek weightlifting fans believed the sport would turn itself around following the doping nightmare of 2008, they woke up this morning to learn that they were sadly mistaken.

It was reported Tuesday evening that two Greek weightlifters that were c...

Greek weightlifting nightmare continues: Nikos Kourtidis reportedly tests positive -- UPDATE 3

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:54:46 -0400

Several Greek media outlets, including the "Kathimerini" Greek language website, are reporting that the “A” samples of two Greek weightlifters have come back positive for banned substances.

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