Sprinter Katerina Thanou to run for Greece at Beijing

Sprinter Katerina Thanou has been announced as being part of Greece's provisional team for the Beijing Olympic Games.

33-year-old Thanou claimed Greece's B qualifying time for the 100m when she came in fifth place in Crete on Monday in 11.39 seconds.

However, it is still unconfirmed for definite that Thanou will take part because as an official from the Hellenic Olympic Committee explained: "Officially, she has now made the team but we do not yet know if she wants to go to Beijing."

If Katerina Thanou does take part it will bring an element of controversy to the Games because she and her compatriot Kostas Kenteris had both missed drugs tests on the eve of the Athens Olympics. And because it was the third time she had missed tests, Thanou received a two-year ban that ran until the end of 2006.

Thanou and Kenteris still face criminal charges of perjury and falsifying evidence in Greece because they had claimed they had been injured in a motorcycle accident just before the event.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 July 2008 )

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