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Greece bans dopers from torch relays

Associated Press

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

ATHENS, Greece -- The Greek Olympic Committee will exclude from Olympic torch relays athletes who have served a doping ban. The move follows criticism from the International Olympic Committee over the participation of banned hurdler Fani Halkia in the Vancouver flame relay last week. The committee says it decided "that an athlete who has been disciplined for the use of banned substances be banned from carrying the [Olympic Flame] for life." Halkia, the 2004 Olympic 400-meter hurdles champion, ...

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