Austrian Olympic Committee Fined $1 million for 2006 Doping
Remember this when MLB, Inc. and Gene Orza, Inc. say the WBC will have no problems as Olympic drug testing and standards are just great and infallible. AP Story. The Newsday headline of course is misleading, just referencing a 'crackdown.'
- VIENNA, Austria -- "Austrian Olympic leaders pledged to crack down on national ski team officials after being hit with a $1 million fine by the IOC for the doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Games.
- The scandal also cast a shadow over Austria's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Austrian city of Salzburg is competing against Sochi, Russia, and Pyeongchang, South Korea.
- It also said the AOC was guilty of a series of violations despite having received a "severe warning" in 2002 after a blood doping scandal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
- Earlier this month, an IOC disciplinary panel held hearings in Lausanne, Switzerland, into the role of Austrian Olympic and ski officials in the scandal.
- (This is only one of many Olympic doping and drug testing scandals). sm
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