The EB approved the recommendations of the Disciplinary Commission (DC) set up by the IOC in February 2006 and composed of Dr Thomas Bach (chairman), Denis Oswald and Sergey Bubka.

IOC sets up Disciplinary Commission (DC)
4 December 2006

DC meets in Kuwait and makes a request to the Italian authorities that the process be fast-tracked in order that the issue may be resolved before the major competitions of the winter sport season commence.
16 January 2007

DC receives a report from the Italian authorities.
9 February 2007

DC calls for a first round of hearings
4-5 April 2007

DC holds first round of hearings
25 April 2007

DC makes first recommendations to the IOC Executive Board
May 2007

DC to hold second round of hearings

DECISIONS BY THE IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION
RE VIOLATIONS OF THE IOC ANTI-DOPING RULES DURING THE TORINO 2006 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Name of athlete: Roland Diethart, AUT

Sport: Cross Country

Event and result: Men’s 4×10 km Relay

Decision by the IOC Executive Board

- The athlete Mr Roland Diethart:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s 4×10 km Relay;
ii. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The Austrian Men’s 4×10 km Relay team is disqualified.
- The Fédération Internationale de Ski is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned event accordingly.
- The file is referred to the Fédération Internationale de Ski to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

Name of athlete: Johannes Eder, AUT

Sport: Cross Country

Event and result: Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s 4×10 km Relay

Decision by the IOC Executive Board:

- The athlete Mr Johannes Eder:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s Team Sprint;
ii. is disqualified from the Men’s 4×10 km Relay; and
iii. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The Austrian Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s 4×10 km Relay teams are disqualified.
- The Fédération Internationale de Ski is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly.
- The file is referred to the Fédération Internationale de Ski to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

Name of athlete: Juergen Pinter , AUT

Sport: Cross Country

Event and result: Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s 4×10 km Relay

Decision by the IOC Executive Board:

- Mr Juergen Pinter:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s Team Sprint;
ii. is disqualified from the Men’s 4×10 km Relay; and
iii. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The Austrian Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s 4×10 km Relay teams are disqualified.
- The Fédération Internationale de Ski is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly.
- The file is referred to the Fédération Internationale de Ski to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

Name of athlete: Martin Tauber, AUT

Sport: Cross Country

Event and result: Men’s 30 km Pursuit, Men’s 15 km Classical and Men’s 4×10 km Relay

Decision by the IOC Executive Board:

- The athlete Mr Martin Tauber:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s 30 km Pursuit, in which he placed seventeenth;
ii. is disqualified from the Men’s 15 km Classical, in which he placed eighth, and his diploma is withdrawn;
iii. is disqualified from the Men’s 4×10 km Relay;
iv. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The Austian Men’s 4×10 km Relay teams is disqualified.
- The Fédération Internationale de Ski is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly.
- The file is referred to the Fédération Internationale de Ski to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The Austrian Olympic Committee is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the diploma awarded to the athlete in the Men’s 15 km Classical.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

Name of athlete: Christian Hoffmann

Sport: Cross Country

Applied for accreditation but did not take part in the Games

- The charges against Mr Hoffmann are dismissed; and
- The case is transferred to the Fédération Internationale de Ski with a recommendation that it consider whether Mr Hoffman’s absence from the Torino Olympic Games constituted a violation of his obligation to provide accurate whereabouts information.

Name of athlete: Wolfgang Perner, AUT

Sport: Biathlon

Event and result: Men’s 20 km Individual, Men’s 10 km Sprint and Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit

Decision by the IOC Executive Board:

- The athlete Mr Wolfgang Perner:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s 20 km Individual, in which he placed 60th;
ii. is disqualified from the Men’s 10 km Sprint, in which he placed 4th, and his diploma is withdrawn;
iii. is disqualified from the Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit, in which he placed 25th; and
iv. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The International Biathlon Union is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly.
- The file is referred to the International Biathlon Union to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The Austrian Olympic Committee is ordered to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the diploma awarded to the athlete in the Men’s 10 km Sprint.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

Name of athlete: Wolfgang Rottmann, AUT

Sport: Biathlon

Event and result: Men’s 10 km Sprint Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit

Decision by the IOC Executive Board:

- The athlete Mr Wolfgang Rottman:
i. is disqualified from the Men’s 10 km Sprint, in which he placed 27th;
ii. is disqualified from the Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit, in which he placed 21st; and
iii. is permanently ineligible for all future Olympic Games in any capacity.
- The International Biathlon Union is requested to modify the results of the above-mentioned events accordingly.
- The file is referred to the International Biathlon Union to consider any further action within its own competence.
- The decision shall enter into force immediately.

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Press Release | Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible

Here are the Final Results of the only other event today, besides the Men’s Ice Hockey Final …

1 – ITA – Giorgio di Centa (2:06:11.8)
2 – RUS – Eugeni Dementiev (2:06:12.6 / +0.8)
3 – AUT – Mikhail Botwinov (2:06:12.7 / +0.9)

44 – CAN – George Grey (2:09:38.4 / +3:26.6)

Well .. must have been exciting when the top 28 skiiers all ended with 1 minute behind the leader … And especially exciting to all the Italian fans for Giorgio’s win .. as the medal ceremony (and national anthem) was done as part of the Closing Ceremonies!

CBC News

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Cross-Country Skiing Results – Men’s 50 km Free, Mass Start

Italian law enforcement authorities raided the residences of some staff members of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams early Sunday morning, apparently searching for banned substances, said two separate news reports.

The International Olympic Committee also confirmed it has conducted out-of-competition doping tests on “a number of Austrian cross-country and biathlon athletes,” according to Reuters and Associated Press.

[..more..]

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Police raid Austrian Ski Team

Weather conditions was poor as overnight snow carried on into the competition. Despite that, Veerpalu posted a time of 38 minutes 1.3 seconds. He was 14.5 and 19.2 seconds ahead of the Silver and Bronze Medalists (Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic and Tobias Angerer of Germany).

Veerpalu triumphant (Source: NBC)

Veerpalu was the Gold Medalist in the same event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

The tiny country of Estonia is turning heads at this Winter Olympics by winning 3 Gold Medals, matching (Austria) and even surpassing some Winter Games powerhouses (e.g. Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway).

Smigun saluting her fans (Source: NBC)

Read: Estonia’s Veerpalu defends 15km men’s classical title

Read: Estonia’s Smigun wins second gold

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Estonia Shines!!!

Remarkably, Renner was able to recover from a broken a pole on the third lap of the six-lap race on the Pragelato course. In only a few strides, she found a coach to replace the snapped ski pole.

In the final half-kilometre, Scott kicked up a hill to take the lead over Finland and Sweden. It was a tight race to the line with Scott unable to kick ahead for the lead on the final decent.

Sweden’s Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg took gold. Canada, anchored by Scott took second, while the Finnish team of Aino Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen took third.

Congratulations!

Renner (left), Scott (right)

brem

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Canadian Scott-Renner Duo Win Silver At Women’s Team Sprint Cross-Country Skiing Event

25 Medals for Canada? Where are we going to get 25 medals?

I should say that in my general community of friends and online contacts, sure – we are proud of ALL our Canadian Athletes (maybe a little more with the 5 Winnipeggers in Torino) and we are quite happy if they just perform to the best of their abilities to what they can! But, yah ~ there’s a side of us that also want’s them to Kick Butt! ;-) …

I was looking around at the CBC olympic site to see what events Canada is predicted to bring in medals .. The medal predictions kind of stopped in the events starting with “S” .. so, I had to combine the mostly CBC predictions with a little Sports Illustrated predictions for Canada ..

Before trying to compare these predictions to how our athletes have been competing in the events, here follows a “rough” estimate of the medals predicted to be had by Canada .. Maybe at the end of the Olympics I will come back and compare these to “reality”!

Alpine Skiing – Women’s Giant Slalom – Bronze
Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super-G – Bronze

Biathlon – None

Bobsleigh – Men’s Two-Man – Gold
Bobsleigh – Women’s Two-Man – Bronze

Cross Country Skiing – Women’s 10km – Bronze
Cross Country Skiing – Women’s Pursuit – Silver
Cross Country Skiing – Women’s Team Spirit – Solver
Cross Country Skiing – Women’s Sprint – Gold

Curling – Men’s – Gold
Curling – Women’s – Gold

Figure Skating – Men’s – Bronze

Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Aerials – Gold
Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Aerials – Silver
Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Moguls – Bronze
Freeystyle Skiing – Women’s Moguls – Silver

Ice Hockey – Men’s – Gold
Ice Hockey – Women’s – Gold

Luge – nothing

Nordic Combined – nothing

Short Track – Women’s 3000m Relay – Gold
Short Track – Men’s 5000m Relay – Silver
Short Track – Men’s 500m – Silver

Skeleton – Men’s – Gold
Skeleton – Men’s – Bronze
Skeleton – Women’s – Silver

Ski Jumping – nothing

Snowboard – Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom – Silver
Snowboard – Men’s Snowboardcross – Silver
Snowboard – Women’s Snowboardcross – Bronze

Speedskating – Men’s 500m – Gold
Speedskating – Women’s 1500m – Silver
Speedskating – Women’s 3000m – Bronze
Speedskating – Women’s Team Pursuit – Silver

Okay then! According to the above, that looks like 30 medals to me … did I count correctly?
Gold – 10
Silver – 11
Bronze – 9

What do you think of these predictions?

Go Canada Go!

What are the predictions for your country?

Feel free to link them in the comments below!

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Canada’s Olympic Medal Quest

Eight Olympic cross-country skiers, including two Americans and one former gold medalist, were suspended for five days after they were found to have excessive hemoglobin levels — the first hint of scandal at the Turin Games.

The suspensions, announced Thursday by the International Ski Federation, last five days from the day the tests were administered. The U.S. Ski Association said the tests were taken Wednesday, meaning the athletes will be barred from competition until at least Monday.

That would keep the skiers out of the first cross-country events of the Olympics — the men’s and women’s pursuit on Sunday.

What cracks me up is the final quote:

Jim Galanes, a coach for suspended American athlete Kikkan Randall, said there’s no chance the cross-country skier was involved with illegal doping.

“There is absolutely no likelihood of that,” said Galanes, the head Nordic ski coach at Alaska Pacific University. “I can guarantee it.”

Sure you can, sure you can.

source: Eight XC skiers suspended for excessive hemoglobin

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Is a Blood Doping Scandal Brewing in Turin?