Defending Gold Medalist Out for Doping

The International Olympic Committee confirmed Saturday that Fani Halkia of Greece, the defending Olympic champion in the women’s 400m hurdles, tested positive for steroids in an August 10 sample. She is banned from the Beijing Games.
Halkia is the fourth athlete who has been ousted from the Games due to testing positive for a banned substance. I suppose four out of more than 10,000 athletes is a better good record, but it’s still sad to see.