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Thanou will not appeal IOC decision

August 10, 2008, 10:06 PM Post Comments
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A lawyer for Katerina Thanou says the Greek sprinter will not appeal the decision by the International Olympic Committee to bar her from the Beijing Olympics.

But Nikos Kollias said Sunday he was now focused on getting compensation for Thanou.

The IOC earlier said that Thanou's role in a drug-testing cover-up four years ago in Athens had brought the Olympic movement into disrepute.

Thanou and fellow Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris missed doping tests on the eve of the 2004 opening ceremony, and claimed later they were injured in a motorcycle accident.

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