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Kenteris, Thanou pull out of Games Greece’s top sprinters say they are clean but tell IOC they are withdrawing from the Olympics Sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew from the Olympics yesterday, handing over their accreditations at a meeting with the International Olympic Committee's Disciplinary Commission and ending a saga that had cast a pall over the Athens Games for days.

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Probe proceeds into bike ‘accident’

Adding to the troubles of Greece's two disgraced top sprinters, police yesterday completed a series of interviews with witnesses regarding last week's mysterious motorcycle crash which ensured that Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were finally unable to take a drug test they had been avoiding for hours.

Record air traffic for Olympics

A record-breaking 2,462 civil aircraft flew through Greek air space last Thursday, on the eve of the Olympic opening ceremony, the Civil Aviation Authority said yesterday.

Ticket revenue target topped

With 11 days left to go before the end of the Games, organizers said yesterday they have exceeded their ticket revenue target of 183 million euros. According to Athens 2004 spokesman Michalis Zacharatos, Monday's sales of 83,084 tickets brought the grand total up to 3,085,936.

Danish Olympian to sail despite car death

Danish Olympic sailor Niklas Holm, whose car knocked down and killed a pedestrian in southern Athens on Sunday, said yesterday he was «shocked and saddened» by the accident but would still compete at the Games.

IN BRIEF

Three traders indicted, four fined, hundreds warned in Athens : State inspectors indicted three Athens street traders for profiteering...

Increase in complaints focusing on overcharging and rude behavior : The Consumer Institute (INKA) said it had recently recorded an increase in consumer complaints...

Greek champion still critical : Greek judoka Eleni Ioannou, 20, remains in critical condition...

Theodorakis stable : Composer Mikis Theodorakis, 79, was in stable condition in the Athens Evangelismos Hospital yesterday...

Tent death : A 24-year-old Polish national who had come to Kavala to work as a grape-picker died yesterday...

Tutu diver : A 31-year-old Canadian tourist who disrupted Monday's Olympic synchronized diving contest...

Fire risk : Today there is a very high risk of fire in the areas of Iraklion and Siteia on Crete...

Nafpaktos quakes : Two moderate quakes, measuring 4.2 and 4.4 on the Richter scale, struck the mountains above Nafpaktos...

Crime drop : There has been a significant drop in robberies in Thessaloniki this summer...


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EDITORIAL

Cleaning up Greek athletics The solution that was given yesterday to the drama of the Greek doping suspects held no surprises. Their ostensibly voluntary withdrawal from the Games was the only option available to them. The two sprinters had allegedly been involved in a motorbike accident, suffering injuries which, according to doctors, prevented them from attending a hearing of the IOC disciplinary committee on Monday.

COMMENTARY

Greek strengths revealed For the most part, Greece's politicians and private television channels have tended to snub the work and the aesthetics of artists like Dimitris Papaioannou. Politicians have barely had any contact with cultural issues and instead showed a soft spot for Greece's tacky coastal nightclubs. Television channels, on their part, have always been keen to focus on anything but the works of genuine artists like Papaioannou. But the time came for the so-called «cradle of civilization» to undergo a test on culture and artistic beauty before a global audience numbering billions. The need derived from Athens's Olympic obligations. And one can easily imagine...

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