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Italian Olympic Committee takes appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Associated Press

Thursday, August 23, 2007

ROME -- The Italian Olympic Committee appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday to have cyclist Alessandro Petacchi banned for using an asthma drug. The Italian cycling federation cleared Petacchi of any wrongdoing last month. He registered a "non-negative" test for salbutamol after winning the 11th stage of the Giro d'Italia on May 23. Petacchi is authorized by the International Cycling Union to use a certain amount of salbutamol as part of his regular medication, ...

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