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		CESANA, Italy - After Olga Pyleva won the silver medal in her first Olympic biathlon race this week, she cuddled a white "Cheburashka," a furry Russian cartoon animal that is the team's official mascot.
		Pyleva was favored heading into Thursday's 7.5km sprint to win her second medal of the games.
		As athletes were approaching the starting line, an announcer told the crowd that Pyleva was scratched because she had fallen ill, and the Russian team issued a statement lamenting that she was therefore ineligible for Saturday's 10km pursuit, where she was the reigning Olympic gold medalist.
	www.gmtoday.com /news/sports/Olympics_2006/topstory042.asp (795 words)

	USATODAY.com - Russian biathlete suspended 2 years after failed drug test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Olga Pyleva will have to give her silver medal from the 15km back, despite the contention the doping was a medical mistake.
		Pyleva, 30, tested positive for the stimulant carphedon and was expelled Thursday from the Torino Games, the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history.
		Pyleva told the IOC panel she used the medication in late January and in the three days prior to the race.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/torino/biathlon/2006-02-16-pyleva-expelled_x.htm (1155 words)

	SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Russian biathlete fails doping test - Thursday February 16, 2006 1:04PM
		Olga Pyleva won the silver medal earlier this week in the 15-kilometer event.
		CESANA, Italy (AP) -- Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for failing a drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games.
		Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday, was scratched just before the start of Thursday's 7.5km sprint, in which she was considered a leading medal contender.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/olympics/2006/02/16/doping/index.html (734 words)

	Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva thrown out for doping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Olga Pyleva has been stripped of her medal and German Martina Glagow has moved up to silver and fourth-placed Russian Albina Akhatova is now taking the bronze.
		And under Italian strict anti-doping laws, Olga Pyleva could even receive a prison sentence of between three months and three years, although custodial terms of less than two years are likely to be waived.
		Alexander Tikhonov, the head of Russia's biathlon federation, claimed that Olga Pyleva's positive test was the result of medication she had taken for a foot injury and had been prescribed by an unauthorised doctor from Russia.
	www.girlstalksports.com /More-Sports/Athletics/Russian-biathlete-Olga-Pyleva-thrown-out-for-doping-20060217727 (431 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Pyleva, who won silver at the 15km event Monday, was scratched from the field just before the start of the 7.5km sprint, in which she was considered a leading medal contender.
		Pyleva won silver in the 15km event Monday ahead of Germany's Martina Glagow.
		The IOC has conducted 380 tests since the athletes' village opened Jan. 31; Pyleva is the first to be caught by the IOC's most rigorous doping control program ever at a Winter Olympics.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=51873 (278 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Russian biathlete Pyleva fails dope test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		TURIN, Italy: Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva, the silver medallist in the women's 15km race, has failed a doping test at the Winter Olympics, the first such case during the Games, an IOC official said yesterday.
		Pyleva, 30, had been due to start in the biathlon 7.5km sprint yesterday morning but was withdrawn shortly before the start of the event as she was suspended pending the hearing.
		Pyleva won gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in the pursuit and was world champion individual biathlete in 2004 with relay world championship golds in 2000, 2001 and 2005.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200602/17/eng20060217_243563.html (342 words)

	Russian woman stripped of biathlon medal - Olympics, other winter sports - MSNBC.com
		Russia's Olga Pyleva reacts after crossing the finish line in second place in the women's 15 km individual biathlon event.
		Pyleva was stripped of her silver medal for failing a drug test.
		A urine sample Pyleva submitted after the 15km event on Monday tested positive for the stimulant carphedon, which she said was in an over-the-counter medication she’d taken.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11382529 (758 words)

	Russians dedicate relay win to Pyleva
		Pyleva, the only athlete caught so far in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history, was replaced by Anna Bogaliy.
		Bringing back three of the four biathletes from the gold-medal winning 2002 team, the Germans were the favorite to capture this event again, especially after Pyleva was expelled from the games and stripped of her medal from the 15km.
		Ishmouratova even lamented Pyleva's departure on the eve of the race, saying she felt more comfortable skiing behind Pyleva even though this was the same four who led Russia to a World Cup relay win at Ruhpholding, Germany, last month.
	www.mercurynews.com /mld/mercurynews/sports/13942124.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp (670 words)

	ABC News: Russian Biathlete Expelled, Loses Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Russia's Olga Pyleva races to win the bronze medal during the women's mass start competition at the biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, in this Sunday, March 13, 2005 file photo.
		Pyleva was suspended Thursday Feb. 16, 2006 for failing a doping test, becoming the first athlete to test positive at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games.(AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
		CESANA, Italy Feb 16, 2006 (AP)— Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for failing a drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1627220 (484 words)

	wcbstv.com - Russia's Pyleva Stripped Of Medal
		In Pyleva's absence at the sprint, there was another shock: Florence Baverel-Robert took the gold.
		Russian officials at the Olympics were equally quick with an explanation: A doctor who treated Pyleva in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk for an ankle injury in January gave her an over-the-counter medication that did not list carphedon as one of its ingredients, said Dr. Nikolai Durmanov, head of the Russian Anti-Doping Committee.
		Durmanov said he met with Pyleva after she was told of the failed test.
	wcbstv.com /national/topstories_story_047084140.html (1089 words)

	IBU President: Pyleva punishment stands - Biathlon - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Pyleva, who won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in the pursuit, was disqualified from competition at February's Turin Olympics after testing positive for the banned substance carfedon.
		At the time Pyleva blamed the mistaken use of a medication for an injury, a treatment which her private doctor claimed was prescribed correctly.
		Pyleva's positive test cost her an Olympic title as part of the gold-medal winning Russian Olympic relay team, in what she said would be her final Olympic Games.
	www.eurosport.com /biathlon/oestersund/2006-2007/sport_sto993354.shtml (524 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was tossed from the Torino Olympics on Thursday for failing a doping test.
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva, the silver medallist in Monday's 15-kilometre race, has been stripped of her medal and thrown out of the Torino Olympics after two doping tests came back positive.
		Pyleva was scheduled to compete in the 7.5 km sprint Thursday morning, but was scratched just before the start of the race.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/biathlon/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/16/Sports/russian_doping060216.html (331 words)

	Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva suspended in first Olympic doping case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for failing a drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games.
		CESANA, Italy (AP) - Russian biathlon star Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Turin Games and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for doping, the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history.
		Pyleva was favoured heading into Thursday's 7.5-kilometre sprint to win her second medal of the Games.
	www.canada.com /topics/sports/story.html?id=744649b7-c0cd-4244-94e2-4ea37462770d&k=72694 (657 words)

	Biathlete Pyleva Suspended for Two Years
		Russian biathlon star Olga Pyleva, already tossed from the Turin Games and stripped of her silver medal for a positive drug test, was banned for two years Friday and will be investigated under Italy's criminal anti-doping law.
		The 30-year-old Pyleva tested positive for the stimulant carphedon and was expelled Thursday from the games, the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history.
		Russian officials at the Olympics explained that a doctor treating Pyleva for an ankle injury in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk gave her an over-the-counter medication in January that did not list the banned substance.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/17/sports/s062327S92.DTL (742 words)

	Documents won't save biathlete's silver medal - Olympics, other winter sports - MSNBC.com
		Pyleva, who lost a silver medal when she was expelled from the games, had hoped those results would show she was unwittingly taking the banned substance when a doctor treating her for an ankle injury gave her an over-the-counter medication.
		Pyleva was the first athlete caught in the tightest drug net in Winter Olympics history.
		She is one of the biggest stars in biathlon, a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle target shooting.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11402882/from/RSS (506 words)

	Olga Pyleva: results of doping tests shocked me - Russian News - REGNUM
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva said, that positive results of doping tests shocked her:" This is ….a shocking situation for me, because I always was against using of any forbidden medicines."
		According to Pyleva, she used the medicine according to doctor’s recommendation.
		Pavel Rostovtsev: Olga Pyleva is a victim of circumstances
	www.regnum.ru /english/592119.html (662 words)

	ABC News: Turin Gets Its First Positive Doping Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		CESANA, Italy Feb 16, 2006 (AP)— Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was suspended Thursday for failing a doping test, becoming the first athlete to test positive at the Turin Games.
		An IOC panel was convened to hear Pyleva's case.
		If found guilty, she would be thrown out of the games and stripped of the silver she won in the 15km event Monday ahead of Germany's Martina Glagow, who would be awarded the silver.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1626639&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (472 words)

	CNN.com - Athletes riding their luck in Torino - Feb 17, 2006
		Barely 24 hours after being taken off the course on a stretcher, she was out of hospital and preparing to ski the event after all.
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was seen cuddling a white furry toy known as a "Cheburashka" after winning silver in her first ever Olympic race, but her luck turned dramatically for the worse when she was stripped of the medal after failing a drug test.
		Russian officials said a doctor who treated Pyleva for an ankle injury in Siberia in January gave her a medication that contained the banned stimulant carphedon but did not list it among its ingredients.
	www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/02/17/torino.luck/?section=cnn_latest (698 words)

	Russian Biathlete Loses Medal, Faces Jail as She Fails Dope Test - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was expelled from the Winter Olympics and stripped of the silver medal she won the women’s 15km race for failing a dope test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) quoted by AFP announced on Thursday.
		“Pyleva (30) tested positive for Carphedon, a prohibited substance, on 13 February after the women’s 15 km Individual, Biathlon event, in which she won the silver medal,” it added.
		The 30-year-old Russian had been due to start in the biathlon 7.5 km sprint on Thursday morning but was withdrawn shortly before the start of the event as she was suspended pending the hearing.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2006/02/16/moredopingnews.shtml (645 words)

	ESPNdeportes.com - Juegos Olímpicos - Olga Pyleva fue suspendida por 2 años por dopaje (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		ESPNdeportes.com - Juegos Olímpicos - Olga Pyleva fue suspendida por 2 años por dopaje
		Junto a Pyleva, que fue expulsada de "Turín'06" y perdió la medalla de plata obtenida en la prueba de los 15 kilómetros de biatlón, tras cuyo control antidopaje dio el positivo, ha sido también suspendida con dos años su médica personal Nina Vinogradova.
		Olga Pyleva a punto de regresar a Rusia, tras dóping
	espndeportes.espn.go.com /news/story?id=410111 (412 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS
		The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that biathlete Olga Pyleva, Russian Federation, has been excluded from the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 after failing an anti-doping test carried out by the IOC.
		Pyleva, 30, tested positive for Carphedon, a prohibited substance, on 13 February after the women's 15 km Individual, Biathlon event, in which she won the silver medal.
		On Monday, 13 February 2006, Mrs Olga Pyleva (hereinafter the “Athlete”) competed in the Women’s 15 km Individual, Biathlon, in San Sicario, in which she placed second.
	www.olympic.org /uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1684 (1205 words)

	cbs11tv.com - Russia's Pyleva Stripped Of Medal
		An IOC panel was hastily convened to hear Pyleva's case.
		Asked how she was feeling, he said: "It is better not to talk about it.
		An IOC panel will be convened to hear Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva's case.
	cbs11tv.com /olympics/olympics_story_047084140.html (1087 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Russian biathlete Pyleva banned for two years
		Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva has been banned for two years by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on Friday after her positive test for a banned substance.
		Pyleva, the gold medalist of the 10km pursuit at the Salt Lake City Games four years ago, won the silver medal in the women's 15km individual biathlon on Monday, and was stopped from competing in the 7.5km sprint race.
		A total of 1,200 samples are being tested at the Feb. 10-26 Games, a 72 percent increase over the number in Salt Lake City, where there were seven doping cases total.
	english.people.com.cn /200602/18/eng20060218_243763.html (182 words)

	Olga Pyleva participated in governor's 'IQ Ball-2006' / Krasnoyarsk News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Olga Pyleva participated in governor's 'IQ Ball-2006' / Krasnoyarsk News
		3/2/2006 1:03:11 PM Famous Krasnoyarsk biathlete Olga Pyleva and her husband Balery Medvedtsev took part in the governor's student reception 'IQ Ball-2006', which was held in the exhibition center 'Siberia' on March, 1, as guests.
		This is what the governor said according to the results of his meeting with the sportsman, 'Olga Pyleva is one of the strongest and most stable sportsmen.
	english.newslab.ru /news/185085 (302 words)

	IBU President sees no reasons to soften Olga Pyleva's punishment / Krasnoyarsk News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		10/23/2006 5:16:00 PM International Biathlon Union (IBU) President Norwegia's Anders Besseberg believes that two of Russian biathletes Olga Pyleva and Natalia Burdyga, who were disqualified for carfedon taking for two years, have no reasons to have their punishment softened.
		And it is no excuse to give arguments like "I did not know",' Anders Besseberg said, 'The whole world already knows the sad story with Olga Pyleva's doctor, and Natalia Burdyga also says she took vitamins and did not know they contained carfedon.
		I am not aware if Pyleva and Burdyga are going to make appeals and try to reduce their disqualification terms.
	english.newslab.ru /news/204189 (282 words)

	Olga Pyleva gets two year ban - Russian News - REGNUM
		The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has decided to disqualify Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva for two years because of banned medicine use, as Ves Sport news agency has been informed by IBU president Anders Besseberg.
		Before the pronunciation of the verdict, Pyleva stated that she never used doping deliberately, and that current events are “concatenation of bad circumstances”, so she does not blames her coaches and doctors.
		The Russian delegation passed all needed documents to IBU Disciplinary Commission, regarding the legality of the drug used by Pyleva in Russia, and a letter to WADA, where the Russian delegation explains the situation and asks to impose a ban on this drug.
	www.regnum.ru /english/592639.html (737 words)

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