THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009
SPORTS 7B
STEROIDS
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Spain's Samuel Sanchez, left, outprints Italy's Davide Rebellin, right, to win the men's road cycling race at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. An Italian news agency said Tuesday that Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin was one of six athletes who tested positive for doping in the retesting of samples from the Beijing Games.
Six Olympians test positive
BY STEPHEN WILSON
Associated Press
LONDON — The IOC's pursuit of drug cheats paid off Tuesday as six Olympic athletes — including two medalists — were nabbed for blood doping in retests of their Beijing samples.
A person familiar with the test results told The Associated Press the tests busted three track and field athletes, two cyclists and one weightlifter. The IOC did not name the competitors or sports involved, saying it was notifying the athletes through their national Olympic committees.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the names haven't been released by the IOC, said one medalist was in cycling and the other was a male track and field athlete who won only one gold medal.
The IOC reanalyzed 948 samples from Beijing after new
lab tests for CERA and insulin became available following the Olympics. The testing began in January and focused mainly on endurance events in cycling, rowing, swimming and athletics.
"The further analysis of the Beijing samples that we conducted should send a clear message that cheats can never assume that they have avoided detection," said Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC medical commission.
Coaches, athletes and anti-doping organizations welcomed the results, saying it helped restore credibility to Olympic sports.
"I'm in favor of anything they're doing to clean up the sport," said Glen Mills, coach of Jamaican spinner Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals, in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay.
face being disqualified from the Olympics and stripped of all medals.
The IOC will wait for word from the national Olympic bodies before holding any disciplinary hearings. Athletes found guilty
The IOC has already stripped four athletes of Beijing medals — Ukrainsian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska (silver), Belarusian hammer throwers Vadim Devatovskyi (silver) and Ivan Tsikhay (bronze) and North Korean shooter Kim Jong Su (silver and bronze).
The IOC is storing doping samples for eight years so they can be tested retroactively when new detection methods are developed
The World Anti-Doping Agency welcomed the IOC findings. Under the WADA code, athletes can be disciplined up to eight years from the date of a doping violation.
"We suggest that athletes who may be tempted to cheat keep this reality in mind," WADA president John Fahey said. "We believe that retrospective testing serves as a strong deterrent."
Braves rally against the Cardinals
MLB
BY CHARLES ODUM Associated Press
ATLANTA — Matt Diaz drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single off Kyle McClellan in the eighth inning, rallying the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night
Kyle Lohse pitched six scoreless innings and left with a 1-0 lead, but he was denied his fourth straight victory as the Braves took advantage of McClellan's shaky eighth.
McClellan (1-1) walked Omar Infante, Chipper Jones and Jeff Francoeur to set the stage for Diaz's go-ahead hit with two outs.
McClellan threw ball three behind Diaz's back before giving up the two-run single up the middle on the 3-2 pitch.
Peter Moylan (1-1) pitched a perfect eighth after Jo-Jo Reyes allowed only three hits, one walk
and one run in seven innings.
Mike Gonzalez struck out the side in the ninth for his third save in four chances. Gonzalez struck out Albert Pujols on three straight called strikes for the second out. Gonzalez threw Pujols three straight balls to begin the at-bat.
Reyes retired 13 consecutive batters after giving up a single to Lohse with two outs in the second. Reyes, who lost his last seven decisions in 2008 and his first decision this season, avoided becoming the first Braves pitcher to have nine straight losses since Marty Clary in 1990.
Lohse gave up four hits with four walks in six innings and lowered his ERA to 1.97.
Yadier Molina had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the first, to extend his hitting streak to 12 games.
Reyes' first five outs were strikeouts, but he gave up a run in the first on the way to striking out the side.
With one out, Reyes hit Colby Rasmus with a pitch and walked Pujols. After striking out Ryan Ludwick, Reyes gave up Molina's run-scoring single past a diving Jones at third base. Molina's grounder bounced off Jones' glove and into shallow left field.
The Braves wasted a scoring chance in the third inning when Yunel Escobar hit a one-out single and moved to second on Jones' walk. Escobar ran past third base on Kotchman's groundout and was thrown out trying to return to the base for an inning-ending double play.
Rick Ankiel made a diving catch of pinch-hitter Greg Norton's drive in left-center field to end the seventh inning.
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