Monday, 9 August, 2004, 10:18 GMT 11:18 UK
Two players on Greece's Olympic baseball team have tested positive for drugs, it was announced on Monday. One "A" sample revealed traces of the steroid stanozolol and the other contained the diuretic substance hydrochloro-thiazide. "We're expecting the 'B' sample to be announced later in the day," said Greece's baseball federation chief Panayiotis Mitsopoulos. The identities of the baseball players have yet to be revealed. "If the positive tests are confirmed, the first player will have to go," said Mitsopoulos. He added: "Of course, this is unfortunate news. But on the other hand it also has a positive side because it shows that Greece will stage clean Olympics." The tests will have embarrassed the Greek-American owner of the Balitmore Orioles Major League team, Peter Angelos, who sponsored a squad made up mostly of Americans of Greek descent. The majority of the players are those who appear in the American minor leagues or who are expatriates living in Greece.
Way to go, jerkwits. Shame your ancestors when the spotlight is on them. |