11. Also scratched were javelin thrower Todd Reich and hammer thrower Scott McGee. 12. Ezeh, coached by former world-class hammer thrower Walter Ciofani, reached her peak Wednesday. 13. Hammer thrower Igor Ostapkovich, a silver medalist in Barcelona, will carry the Belarusian flag at the opening ceremony. 14. In other matters, the CAS slammed the International Amateur Athletic Federation for pulling Romanian hammer thrower Mihaela Melinte off the field minutes before she was to compete. 15. Lance Deal, the most prolific hammer thrower in the United States over the past decade, is ending his career in style. 16. On Tuesday, hammer thrower Robin Lyons was removed from the team after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. 17. Previously, three Bulgarian weightlifters and a Belarussian hammer thrower were expelled for positive tests. 18. The alternate flagbearer is hammer thrower Lance Deal. 19. The hammer thrower is from Georgetown and the diver from Louisiana State. 20. The International Amateur Athletic Federation also referred the drug case of Romanian hammer thrower Mihaela Melinte to arbitration at an undetermined date. |