Greece name Thanou for Olympics 
Controversial sprinter Katerina Thanou has been named in Greece's provisional squad for the Beijing Olympics.
Thanou got Greece's B qualifying time for the 100m when she finished fifth in Crete on Monday in 11.39 seconds.
The B time is the lower qualification mark and if her time is beaten, Thanou would be forced out of the team.
"Officially, she has now made the team but we do not yet know if she wants to go to Beijing," an official from the Hellenic Olympic Committee said.
An appearance at the Olympics by the 33-year-old would be certain to arouse controversy.
The Greek sprinter and her compatriot Kostas Kenteris both missed drugs tests on the eve of the Athens Olympics.
It was the third time they had missed tests, resulting in a two-year suspension that expired at the end of 2006.
The pair still face criminal charges of perjury and falsifying evidence in Greece after claiming they had been injured in a motorcycle crash on the eve of the Games.
Thanou won silver behind Marion Jones at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and is fighting to be awarded the gold, following the American sprinter's disclosure last year that she had been taking the banned steroid THG at the time.
Thanou got Greece's B qualifying time for the 100m when she finished fifth in Crete on Monday in 11.39 seconds.
The B time is the lower qualification mark and if her time is beaten, Thanou would be forced out of the team.
"Officially, she has now made the team but we do not yet know if she wants to go to Beijing," an official from the Hellenic Olympic Committee said.
An appearance at the Olympics by the 33-year-old would be certain to arouse controversy.
The Greek sprinter and her compatriot Kostas Kenteris both missed drugs tests on the eve of the Athens Olympics.
It was the third time they had missed tests, resulting in a two-year suspension that expired at the end of 2006.
The pair still face criminal charges of perjury and falsifying evidence in Greece after claiming they had been injured in a motorcycle crash on the eve of the Games.
Thanou won silver behind Marion Jones at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and is fighting to be awarded the gold, following the American sprinter's disclosure last year that she had been taking the banned steroid THG at the time.
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