Ramzi, Tsoumeleka, Perisic are three postive athletics test for CERA, by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Rashid Ramzi, Beijing gold medalist, 1,500 meters, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, 2004 Olympic walking winner, and Vanja Perisic, Croatian U23 bronze medalist were the three athletics athletes who tested positive for CERA in an IOC retest of 847 samples taken from athletes in Beijing.

EME NEWS (APR 29, 2009) FLASH 5
Other two names revealed
LONDON (GBR): The rest of two names from athletics tested positive for CERA were also disclosed by news agencies. One is Greek 2004 Olympic walking winner Athanasia Tsoumeleka who was positive also before the games and also later and ended her career in the meantime. Second in Croatian 800 m runner Vanja Perisic. She is European U23 bronze medalist and has a PB of 2:00.21 from last year. In Beijing she was out in heats in 2:06.82. Her name was confirmed by Croatian Olympic Committee.
Special thanks to Alfons Juck, EME News.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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