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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8276

14 August 2002
(eu) eu/sport
Commission rejects a complaint by swimmers against the IOC

Brussels, 13/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has rejected a complaint lodged by two swimmers suspended for four years, on 8 August 1999, by the Doping Committee of the Fédération internationale de natation amateur (FINA, international amateur swimming federation) on the basis of tests revealing the presence of banned substances beyond the permitted threshold. The pair, who had placed first and second in the Marathon Swimming World Cup on 31 January 1999 in Brazil, maintained that...