2008

30

Nov

Olympic champion banned for two years after testing positive to drugs

GREECE’S former 400m hurdles Olympic champion Fani Halkia has been handed a two year ban for her positive dope test at the Beijing Games, the Greek athletics federation said.
The federation confirmed a decision by its judicial committee to punish the former star.
A gold medallist at Athens in 2004 Halkia was expelled from the Beijing [...]

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