LAUSANNE, Switzerland - All drug tests taken during the Salt Lake City Olympics are clear of the newly detected steroid THG.
"These scientific findings are reassuring and confirm my initial gut feeling that THG was used on a limited scale," International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.
The IOC retested athletes' samples taken during the 2002 Winter Games after THG, or tetrahydrogestrinone, was uncovered this summer. Five track and field athletes and four NFL players tested positive for THG.
Two positives for THG were recorded in retesting samples from track and field's world championships in France last summer. The international federations of swimming and rowing turned up no positives in rechecking samples from their world championships.
GYMNASTICS: Kevin Mazeika was chosen to coach the U.S. men's team at the Athens Olympics, the same job he has had at the last two world championships.
TENNIS: Roddick ousted
Top-ranked Andy Roddick was upset by Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-4 in the Qatar Open's second round at Doha. Bjorkman reached the quarterfinals by negating Roddick's powerful forehand and big serve. He outaced Roddick 8-6. "Everybody is entitled to a bad day, and the same thing happened with me," Roddick said. He then went back out for a doubles match.
HOPMAN CUP: Second-ranked Kim Clijsters quit her team match against Australia and is out of the Perth tournament after hurting her left ankle. The tournament medical staff was optimistic she would be available for the Australian Open that starts Jan. 19. Meantime, the defending champion United States beat France 3-0. Lindsay Davenport downed Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-4 and James Blake of Tampa defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-4.
AAPT AUSTRALIAN: Top-seeded Wayne Ferreira was upset in the first round of the hardcourt championships in Adelaide, losing 6-0, 6-1 to Aussie wild card Todd Reid.
TATA OPEN: Defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan reached the quarterfinals in Madras, India, beating Harel Levy 6-2, 6-2.
COLLEGES: Dooley to join AFL
Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley, denied an extension of his contract after 40 years in the athletic program, will join the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League in an advisory role. Dooley, 71, also could become the Force's CEO after leaving Georgia at the end of June. His son Daniel is vice president of sales and marketing.
SWIMMING: Florida freshman Katie Ball and senior Carlos Jayme were named Southeastern Conference swimmers of the week after victories over Kentucky. Ball won the 1,650-yard freestyle in an NCAA provisional qualifying and career-best time of 16:31.52, and the 500 free in a career-best 4:52.41. Jayme won the 100 and 200 free in provisional qualifying times of 44.267/8 and 1:38.96 and helped the Gators win the 400 medley relay.
SOFTBALL: Eckerd signed outfielder Toni Huffman of Cape Coral Mariner High and the Tampa Wildcats traveling team, infielder Trisha Puls of Merritt Island, pitcher Margo Schramm of Weston Cypress Bay, and catcher Amanda Wheeler of Longwood Lyman.
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SOCCER: Peter Nowak, captain of the Chicago Fire's 1998 MLS championship team, was named coach of D.C. United. His biggest challenge will be to prepare and use Freddy Adu, the 14-year-old prodigy who next season will become the youngest player in MLS history. ... Former U.S. national team midfielder Dominic Kinnear was promoted to coach of the San Jose Earthquakes.
BOXING: Don King has asked to withdraw his application for a license in New Jersey because he is unwilling to answer questions about his dealings with former International Boxing Federation chairman Bob W. Lee, who was convicted in a racketeering case three years ago and banned from boxing.
