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Nov 19 0 comments
Anti-Doping, Athanasia Tsoumeleka

IOC disqualifies Athanasia Tsoumeleka from Beijing result

18 NOVEMBER 2009

Athanasia Tsoumeleka in Helsinki, 2005

Athanasia Tsoumeleka in Helsinki, 2005

[PRESS RELEASE] IOC sanctions five athletes who competed in Beijing

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced sanctions against five athletes who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for having committed anti-doping violations. These five athletes tested positive for mirCERA© (CERA), a third generation of the endurance-enhancing hormone, EPO.

The samples were collected and tested at Games-time and were subject to further analysis earlier this year when a fully validated test to detect CERA became available. Originally, six athletes showed adverse analytical findings in their A samples. However, one athlete was not sanctioned due to the presence of CERA not being detected in her B sample.

All six athletes had the opportunity to be heard by an IOC Disciplinary Commission.

Two of the athletes sanctioned are medallists:

- Rashid Ramzi from Bahrain, gold medallist in the 1500m (athletics) and

- Davide Rebellin from Italy, silver medallist in the individual road race (cycling).

The athlete, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greece, Athletics, is disqualified from the Women’s 20km Walk event of the 2008 Olympic Games where she placed 9th;

The International Association of Athletics Federations is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly and to consider any further action within its own competence.

The decision shall enter into force immediately.

- Full decision on Athanasia Tsoumeleka

via Welcome to the website of the Olympic Movement – Olympic.org .

Jan 19 0 comments
Anti-Doping, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Athens 2004

Tsoumeleka tests positive for EPO

AFP report here.

According to the Guardian:

ATHENS, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Greece’s 2004 Athens Olympic 20 kms walk champion Athanasia Tsoumeleka has tested positive for the bloodbooster erythropoietin (EPO), the state broadcaster Net reported on Saturday.
The broadcaster said she had tested positive on Aug. 6 last year, just two days before the opening ceremony for the Beijing Games.
In a statement, the 27-year-old Tsoumeleka, who finished ninth in last year’s Beijing Games, denied taking the drug but said she had decided to retire from the sport.
“I will not get involved in the process of defending myself, even though I have never knowingly used this substance, because in order to take part in races I have to accept that I am totally responsible for anything that is found in my sample,” she said
Further details at CanadaEast.
Mar 25 0 comments
Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Athanasia ephemera

Sony Ericksson T610 theme of the Greek Olympic Champ. to download should you wish….

That's my model – I may give it a go……

Hey, it worked!

Rather than use the WAP service on the phone, which must be very expensive, I downloaded the theme using the computer and transferred it to the phone using Bluetooth.