31.   World champion pole vaulter Sergey Bubka is leaving Berlin in September to set up home in Monte Carlo, German athletics official Rudi Thiel said here on Tuesday.

32.   Japanese athletics officials said Ito tested positive for Methyltestosterone, an artificially produced anabolic steroid.

33.   Lately athletics officials have tried to discover a mechanism to separate inadvertent use of small amounts of ephedrine from deliberate use of the drug to enhance performance.

34.   Middle distance great Herb Elliott on Thursday slammed Australian athletics officials for accepting a culture of failure.

35.   New York Marathon winner German Silva will not follow disgruntled distance runners Arturo Barrios and Olga Appell to become US citizens despite two suspensions by Mexican athletics officials.

36.   Olympic medical advisers have warned athletics officials against running the Atlanta Games marathon in the evening, sources said Sunday.

37.   South African javelin champion Philip Spies was cleared of doping charges on Saturday despite testing positive for banned stimulants, after athletics officials admitted the mistake was theirs.

38.   Silva has a troubled history with Mexican athletics officials as well.