Posted on 02/16/2006 10:28:15 AM PST by The_Victor
CESANA, Italy — Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for failing a drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Torino Games.
Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday, was scratched just before the start of Thursday's 7.5km sprint, in which she was considered a leading medal contender. She also won gold and bronze medals at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
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I'm hurt....
Now it feels like the Olympics, like the old days.
I miss the East Germans.....
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