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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.

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: