For those that haven't heard yet. A Romanian female gymnist had her gold medal taken away for failing a drug test. Apparently she had a stimulant found in her system. She got it from a cold medicine given to her by the Romanian team doctor. This is a shame.
She needs Haga's lawyers. 
The IOC really needs to look hard at changing their policies or at least clarifying them.
The doctor has received a pretty stiff penalty by the Olympic committee. I guess it's a good thing they aren't still hard core commies or he would probably be shot.
I assume that the stimulant was probably ephedrine. They did not say exactly what it was but I believe most cold medicines contain ephedrine.
BTW, Haga shouldn't get his points back and he doesn't deserve the championship. Edwards has more wins and didn't have the advantage of being able to just hang it out due to a can't lose situation.
There's some food for thought.
It's not going to matter anyway... Colin will beat Haga in the last round so the points won't matter. 
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John
"If Harley made an airplane... would you fly in it?"
[This message has been edited by RCjohn (edited September 26, 2000).]
The IOC really needs to look hard at changing their policies or at least clarifying them.
The doctor has received a pretty stiff penalty by the Olympic committee. I guess it's a good thing they aren't still hard core commies or he would probably be shot.
I assume that the stimulant was probably ephedrine. They did not say exactly what it was but I believe most cold medicines contain ephedrine.
BTW, Haga shouldn't get his points back and he doesn't deserve the championship. Edwards has more wins and didn't have the advantage of being able to just hang it out due to a can't lose situation.
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John
"If Harley made an airplane... would you fly in it?"
[This message has been edited by RCjohn (edited September 26, 2000).]