Greek sprinters guilty of perjury

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A court in Greece has sentenced two Greek sprinters to suspended jail sentences for staging a motorcycle crash to avoid a doping test.

Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were found guilty of perjury and sentenced to 31 months in prison each.

Their coach Christos Tzekos was sentenced to 33 months. The sentences were suspended pending appeal.

The sprinters had said an accident caused them to miss a drugs test on the eve of the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

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