One Cypriot and one Greek competitor thrown out of Olympic Games
Last Updated: 05/08/16 9:52pm
A member of the Greek team has been expelled from the Rio Olympics after testing positive for drugs, the country's Olympic Committee said on Friday.
Cypriot weightlifter Antonis Martasidis tested positive in Athens on July 25 and has had his Games accreditation stripped.
Martasidis, who was to compete in the 85kg category, had arrived in Rio hours earlier only to be informed of a positive test from an out-of-competition doping control, his team said.
The unnamed Greek athlete's A sample tested positive for banned substances in a pre-Games test conducted in July in Athens and the athlete has left the Olympic Village.
A statement from the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) said: "The leadership of the Olympic team in Rio announces the positive first sample of a member of the team during drugs testing conducted in early July in Athens.
"The Hellenic Olympic Committee has requested the testing of every Greek athlete taking part in the Games. The specific team member has now left the Olympic Village."
The HOC has sent a team of 97 to Rio for the first Games to be held in South America.
