21.   Following the hearing, the medical commission recommended that Leipold be stripped of his medal.

22.   He also is vice chairman of the IOC medical commission and a central figure in the fight against doping.

23.   He said the IOC medical commission would meet during December.

24.   Head of the IOC medical commission, Prince Alexandre de Merode said that creatine was considered food and therefore should not be prohibited.

25.   Ilyukhin renewed his calls for a medical commission to examine all top officials and excoriated Yeltsin for discrediting Russia with his behavior.

26.   In parliament, presidential foes including Communist Party head Gennady Zyuganov discussed but later scrapped plans to create a medical commission for disqualifying unfit leaders from office.

27.   Instead, the head of the IOC medical commission expanded his attack, claiming most countries have contributed to the current doping crisis.

28.   IOC medical commission chairman Prince Alexandre de Merode said labs in Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, South Korea and Canada are already using spectrometers.

29.   IOC medical commission vice chairman Jacques Rogge also moved to hose down suggestions that Samaranch was softening his stance.

30.   IOC medical commission chairman Prince Alexandre de Merode said he would investigate the case but expressed confidence in the lab.