Raducan holds press conference after appeal's dismissal

Raducan holds press conference after appeal's dismissal

SYDNEY, Australia - Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, stripped of the gold medal in the women's gymnastics all-around event following a positive drug test, speaks before a news conference Sept. 28 at the Games' main press center after her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was dismissed.

Romania's Raducan stripped of gold

Romania's Raducan stripped of gold

SYDNEY, Australia - Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan (C) has been stripped of her all-round gold medal after testing positive for a drug banned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC executive board member Thomas Bach said Sept. 26. IOC has also expelled and suspended the Romanian team doctor from the next Olympic Games in 2004.

Raducan took drug for a cold

Raducan took drug for a cold

SYDNEY, Australia - International Olympic Commission Director General Francois Carrard speaks in a television news conference Sept. 26 on the decision to strip Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan of her all-round Olympic gold medal after she tested positive for a banned drug. Carrard said Raducan had taken the over-the-counter medicine Nurofen for a cold in all innocence and that she had gained no competitive advantage from the stimulant pseudo-ephedrine that it contained.

Raducan holds press conference after appeal's dismissal

Raducan holds press conference after appeal's dismissal

SYDNEY, Australia - Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, stripped of the gold medal in the women's gymnastics all-around event following a positive drug test, speaks before a news conference Sept. 28 at the Games' main press center after her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was dismissed.

Romania's Raducan stripped of gold

Romania's Raducan stripped of gold

SYDNEY, Australia - Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan (C) has been stripped of her all-round gold medal after testing positive for a drug banned by the International Olympic Committee, IOC executive board member Thomas Bach said Sept. 26. IOC has also expelled and suspended the Romanian team doctor from the next Olympic Games in 2004.

Raducan took drug for a cold

Raducan took drug for a cold

SYDNEY, Australia - International Olympic Commission Director General Francois Carrard speaks in a television news conference Sept. 26 on the decision to strip Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan of her all-round Olympic gold medal after she tested positive for a banned drug. Carrard said Raducan had taken the over-the-counter medicine Nurofen for a cold in all innocence and that she had gained no competitive advantage from the stimulant pseudo-ephedrine that it contained.