European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 18,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire Ioc clears soviet skiers of blood doping fran Prew dispatcher Calgary. Alberta a Canadian coach s allegations of blood doping by soviet Cross country skim Al the Winter olympic games have absolutely no substance the International olympic committee said tuesday. The Ioc also said All drug tests taken during the first two Days of the games had been negative. The accusations Nia inst he soviet skiers were made by Marty Hall coach of Canada s Cross country team after Alexei Proukou Roro and Vladimir Smirnov finished first and second in monday s to Al Omeler race. Soviet skiers have won the 30-Kilometer race in five consecutive sunday four of the first five finishers in the women s id Kilometre race were soviets. Mall said blood doping was the most logical thing to explain the soviet dominance. They could be this great. They have a helluva pro Gram Hall said. Bui you just have to wonder when you come to a championship like this an olympics fisc this everybody but the Ioc said it found no evidence that the soviet skiers were blood doping a hard to a Eccl process in which an Aih Lilc withdraws blood stores it then re injects it to boost the of oxygen carry ing red is absolutely no substance to the accusations made by the Canadian coach Michele Virdier the Ioc spokeswoman said romanians planned defection Toronto romanian optic gals acted swiftly to prevent the defection of three female Speed skaters Anda male coach i the Winter olympic games in Calgary the Toronto Star reported wednesday. The four departed Calgary International Airport on sat urday morning. No explanation was Given by the Roma Nian delegation or the olympic organizing committee for us Hastye it just hours . An unidentified sports Canada official quoted by the newspaper said the rooms and Luggage of the athletes and coach we re searched by romanian Security people. They had All the documentation necessary to claim refugee status in Canada the official said. The Speed skaters were Lleana Clit Siena 17 Mihaela Dascalu 13 and a Rasela Hordo Butiu 17, As Well As coach Adrian a separate Ripon the new York times quoted Alci Andru sip ecu on internal Iona olympic committee Mem Ber for 33 years As saying the wife of the coach had been involved in an Auto Accident in Bucharest. Rather than leave the Young skaters to compete without a coach romanian officials decided that All of them should return Home Canada icer suffers concussion Calgary Alberta Canada defend scan Tony Stiles suffered his second concussion in a week when a hard collision sent him crashing to the ice in tuesday s4-2 olympic hockey Victory against Switzerland. He was hospitalized for observation and was in petted to be released wednesday. Canadian coach Dave King won t know Hii status or whether he can play until a Day or two Down the Road King said. College Diamond Star arrested Tallahassee Fla. Former Florida state base Ball Star Richie Lewis the Mcaa s second leading Ca reer strikeout Pitcher we arrested for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit after he allegedly fired up to 10 shots at a Street , ii now in the Montreal expos farm system was arrested Early monday said Tallahassee police patriotic trim Mike allo of Law Ishille teus a member of the is. Bobsled inn it the Winter olympic sports i patriotic haircut done by i teammate. Temple hires Clay Philadelphia Temple has hired Bill Clay a defensive coach with the Tampa Bay buccaneers last season to help replace three assistants who resigned at he end of last season the school announced will replace John do Fin who left last month to become defensive coordinator at Tulane. As assistant head coach and inside linebacker also announced that Tony Demeo head coach at mercy Hurst College in Erie pa., will Lake Over the offensive coordinator s duties. Raider has shoulder surgery Inglewood. Calif. Offensive tackle Bria Holloway of the los Angeles raiders underwent sur Gery on i right shoulder tuesday Al cent Inela Hospi Tal medical Center and said he will be at full strength when the 198 nil season begins. Seguso stops australian Memphis Tenn. Robert Segin and ugh Send cd Kelly Etc men of Australia battled through three department spokesman Phil Kiracofe. Lewis was charged with carrying a concealed firearm without a permit and discharging a firearm in Public said Kiracofe. He said the charges could bring penal ties of up to $6,000 in fines and six years in Paton Foreman to fight Qadi Las vegas nov. Former heavyweight Champi on George Foreman who rejected an earlier opponent will continue his comeback March 19 when he lights Dwight Muhammad Qadi in a scheduled id round bout promoter Bob arum said wednesday. The 40-year-old Foreman will be seeking his eighth straight win since resuming his career last March after a decade out of the ring. Foreman had been scheduled to fight Sweden s and ers Eksund. But he decided that Eklund s style was not compatible with his. Arum gave Foreman a list of three other fighters to meet and he chose Qadi. Qadi 35, is a former Light heavyweight and Junior heavyweight Champion. He has lost his last two fights the most recent on a fourth round knockout dec. 5. 1987, 10 evander Holyfield in a 190-Pound Cruiser weight title fight. Arum spokesman Lee Samuels said Qadi plans to beef up to about 200 pounds for the fight. Set for cae sars Palace. The Camden n.j., fighter is 2s-5-i, with 17 knockouts. Foreman won his seventh straight fight since Velum ing 10 the ring when he slopped Italy s Guido Trane on cuts in the fifth round feb. 5 at Caesars Palace. In a statement released by Samuels. Foreman said he wanted to fight Qadi instead of Eklund because Ali has the same style As heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson. Qadi presses Forward likes to mix it up is aggressive and dangerous Saiu Foreman who ii 52-2, with19 knockouts. I m doing this for Only one reason and that s because i want to beat Mike Tyson. To do that must face opponents similar to him. Hours and two Light outages tuesday before Seguso prevailed 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 in the second round of the1415,000 . Indoor Tennis championships. Fourth seeded Eliot tells Char had Little trouble with Sammy Giammalva winning a 6-4 after trailing 4-1 in the second set. David Pate the no. 3 seed ousted South Africa s Gary Muller 5-3,5-2 in another second round match. Back injury sacks Mcenroe Philadelphia John Mcenroe will not play at the 1600.000 . Pro indoor Tennis championship feb. 22-28 because of Back injuries according to a tournament spokesman. School mourns Grid Star s death Forestville my. Forestville High school tucs Day mourned the death of football Star Rico Leroy mar shall a senior who idol id urn Bias and faced a athletic career just As promising until apparent involve ment with drugs took him to the same end As his s family continued to deny their son was involved in drugs despite the Story of a Girlfriend who said that hours before he died he said he swallowed six chunks of crack to hide them from police and de spite his arrest in december for Possession with intent 10 distribute , i8, a record Selling running Back signed a idler of item last week to attend the University of South Carolina. The nest night he won a school Talent contest for his can t believe that he was involved Wanh drugs said his Mother Carolyn Marshall. If it comes Down 10 the stories being True it will really Shock me. 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