Greek high jumper fails dope test (banned anabolic steroid Stanozolol), to miss Games

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Greek high jumper fails dope test, to miss Games



Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, a Greek high jumper, was a torchbearer for Greece and lit a cauldron with the Olympic Flame atop the Athens Acropolis.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/track-and-field/greek-high-jumper-fails-dope-test-to-miss-games.html

ATHENS, July 26 (Reuters) - Greece's world indoor high jump champion Dimitrios Chondrokoukis has pulled out of the London Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, the athlete's father said on Thursday.

"Dimitrios will not take part in the Olympic Games, leaving unfulfilled a dream of a lifetime," his father and coach Kyriakos Chondrokoukis said in a statement reported by Greek media and confirmed by a Greek athletics federation official.

The 24-year-old high jumper, who was one of Greece's best hopes for a medal in track and field, will seek a retest after testing positive for banned anabolic steroid Stanozolol, his father said.

Stanozolol is designed to mimic the effects of the male sex hormone testosterone.

[rfranklin]

1. Geez, the Greek team is full of dopes!

ATHENS: Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics on Wednesday after causing an uproar at home for a tweet slammed as racist, the Greek Olympics team said.

“With so many Africans in Greece… the West Nile mosquitoes will at least eat homemade food!!!” she had posted on her Twitter account.
http://dawn.com/2012/07/26/greek-triple-jumper-withdrawn-for-racist-tweet/

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. I posted that one yesterday...

...time for Greece to call in their spin doctors / image consultants. This much bad publicity so early in the games is not a good thing at all.