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Rogge claims Lee has been properly punished

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Monday, 08 February 2010

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver

February 8 - Lee Kun-hee, the convicted South Korean criminal who the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday reinstated as a member, has been treated just as harshly as an athlete who tests positive for banned drugs, Jacques Rogge (pictured) claimed here today.

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Coe to receive Olympic torch from Schwarzenegger

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Monday, 08 February 2010

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver

February 8 - Sebastian Coe is to carry the Olympic torch on Friday as it heads towards the opening ceremony of the Winter Games here and will receive it from former Hollywood actor and now Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured).

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Geoff Capes stripped of coaching role after athletes refuse drugs tests

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Monday, 08 February 2010

By Duncan Mackay

February 8 - UK Athletics today revealed that Kieren Kelly and Jamie Stevenson, who are coached by Britain's best known shot putter Geoff Capes (pictured), have been provisionally suspended from all competition after being charged by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) following their refusal to take drugs tests.

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Audi sign up as German Olympic sponsor for Vancouver and London

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Monday, 08 February 2010

February 8 - Car manufacturer Audi has signed up to be a partner of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DSOB) and a national promoter of the German National Paralympic Committee for the Vancouver and London Games, it has been announced.

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