Ailing 'Iranian Hercules' Will Not Compete
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Weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh, known as "Iranian Hercules," will not participate in the Beijing Olympics.
The super heavyweight, 30, who won gold in Sydney and Athens, has been advised by doctors to stay home to avoid "heavy and stressful activity," state television reported yesterday.
Rezazadeh won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, but hasn't competed internationally since injuring a knee in a traffic accident last year.
Iran plans to send 53 athletes to Beijing -- its largest Olympic contingent of athletes since the 1976 Montreal Games. . . .
Indian weightlifter Harpreet Singh tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, the third Indian lifter to fail a doping test in four months.
· SWIMMING: Brazilian Rebeca Gusmao received her second two-year doping suspension after a positive test for testosterone at a 2006 competition. The ban comes months after Gusmao was suspended for testing positive for the same substance before the 2007 Pan American Games.
· TRACK AND FIELD: Hungarian discus thrower Robert Fazekas, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics for doping, will compete at the Beijing Games. Hungary's Olympic Committee said it approved Fazekas's request.
· EQUESTRIAN: Three-time Olympic gold medalist Andrew Hoy was cleared on charges of abusing a horse.
-- From News Services
