Greek sprinter, Tassos Gousis, who found himself sent home prior to the Olympic Games in Beijing for doping, tells Greek courts his supplements must have been contaminated with the nasty anabolic steroids M3 -- methyltrienolone. M3 appears to be as common with some Hellenic athletes as a Greek salad. To the WaPo:
A Greek sprinter who failed a dope test days before the Beijing Olympics told a prosecutor on Tuesday he was not aware he was being given performance-enhancing drugs.
Tassos Gousis, 29, said he and disgraced 2004 Olympic champion Fani Halkia had presented a case against unknown individuals for putting their life in danger by administering the drugs without their knowledge, court officials said.
"Gousis said he didn't know anything about the supplements he was taking and that no athlete would put his career at risk days before the Olympics," a court official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.
Gousis had been due to compete in the 200 meters at last month's Games but failed a test conducted by the Greek anti-doping agency and had to return from a pre-Olympic training camp in Japan.
M3 in a supplement? This steroid is particularly powerful and very nasty on the liver. That would be huge news if M3 made it into a supplement, especially with so many Greek athletes testing positive for the steroid. Fani Halkia may show up at the trial too:
The prosecutor is expected to call Halkia and her coach to testify later this week, after their lawyer asked for an extension.
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