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Devetzi stripped of bronze medal from Beijing 2008 Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed on Thursday that Greek triple jumper Pigi Devetzi is being stripped of the bronze medal she won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"Reanalysis of Devetzi's samples from Beijing 2008 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance stanozolol," said the IOC.
Triple-jumper Devetzi stripped of her 2008 Olympic bronze
Triple-jump national record holder Piyi Devetzi has had her Olympic bronze medal from the 2008 Games in Beijing annulled on Tuesday as the International Amateur Athletics Federation, track and field's world governing body, announced she is retrospectively disqualified from August 2007 for failing a drugs test.
Pigi Devetzi may be stripped of her Olympic medals
Retired triple jumper Pigi Devetzi may be stripped of her Olympic silver The retired triple jumper Piyi Devetzi, 39, could be stripped of her Olympic silver and bronze medals after Greece’s track and field federation (Segas) said on Wednesday she had failed a doping test.
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Olympic star takes off his clothes so tourists can come to Greece! (pic)
Greece’s Olympics gymnastics star Ioannis Melissanidis struck a pose for tourists, wearing nothing but skimpy budgie trunks. He hoped that his “assets”, along with the sea, sun, and all else Greece is famed and acclaimed for, would be enough to draw more tourists. The photo, taken by fellow sports star Pigi Devetzi was posted on Facebook: