Tag: Athens 2004

  • IOC disqualifies Russian weightlifter from Athens

    IOC disqualifies Russian weightlifter from Athens

    Lausanne – Switzerland, Feb 12, 2013: The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov from the Athens 2004 Olympic Games after further analysis of his stored sample resulted in an adverse analytical finding. Perepetchenov finished third in the men’s 77kg weightlifting event. The…

  • Success at the Fourth Attempt for Hungarian; Europeans Book Olympic Places

    Success at the Fourth Attempt for Hungarian; Europeans Book Olympic Places

    By Ian Marshall, April 17, 2012: Hungary’s Adam PATTANYTUS and Italy’s TAN Wenling clinched the two final places available in the respective men’s and women’s events at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament, which concluded in Luxembourg on Sunday 15th April 2012 (Europeans Book Olympic). In the crucial contests Adam PATTANTYUS beat Turkey’s Bora VANG (11-4,…