Should the Greek runners be cast out of the games?

They can’t be guilty, they said so.

They didn’t fight to much for “innocent people” …

They’ve both withdrawn from the squad.

Im afraid therent cant be any exceptions. They missed it, its their own fault. They should take the fall.

Dont have to hide behind our own finger. It is a common secret that sprinter athletes take a lot of drugs. Why? Cause those athletes get the biggest sponsor names from the shoe industry. Nike, Addidas, Puma sponsor sprinters not swimming or javelling athletes. So, there is a sheer competition.

Kenteris was found negative during the 2000 Olympics as most sprinter athletes then. However, that doesnt mean that he or the rest of them didnt take any drugs at all.

Even in university/college level, athletes take drugs. Imagine in millions game Olympics.

There should be a restrictive law against dopping. Those Olympics show many US athletes banned during dopping control and now two former gold champions will be banned as well.

PS: Green missed the first out of two dopping appearance in Athens. Has another chance to show up now. Doesnt he see what happens here…?

This guy popped out of the blue during the last olympics.
Nobody heard about him before and nobody found it fishy???? Strange!

No, the bloke runs one race a year; he avoids the usual procedures by telling the authorities that he trains in one country by training elsewhere – on this occasion he was supposed to be in Chicago but was actually in Greece – and it looks like he has dragged the woman into it. – Nermal

No mercy for the cheats. (if it is proven that they are).
Let me guess what’a happened.
The Track and field competition starts on next Friday.
Those guys took doping which wasn’t supposed to be detectable at the the end of this week.
When they heard that an unexpected test was undergoing , they tan in the panic mode and vanished.

Now they are trying to gain time.

I shouldn’t be too far from the truth….

I think the “three strikes and your out” rule should apply here

The 2 Greek runners, in hospital after allegedly having a motorcycle accident, have missed 3 compulsary drug tests this year alone.
Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were chased by drug checking olympic officials from Chicago, where the pair had said they would be, to the olympic village, where they escaped on a motorbike only to be involved in an accident that police have no record of, have found no witnesses, nor found the driver who apparently took the pair to hospital. Olympic officials confirmed that this is not the first time the pair had lied about their whereabouts, having told them that they would be in Crete last year when they actually went to train in Qatar.
Missing a drugs test is punishable by a 2 year ban.

Should they be banned, or be given the benifit of the doubt?

They should be ban.

Fact is that Puma (sponsor of them) invested a lot on them and pressured them a lot to win again gold medals…

They should be for the high jump!