A DISGRACED Austrian ski coach left behind syringes in the home he rented for the Turin Olympics, and more details were revealed yesterday about what was seized in a surprise weekend raid on the living quarters of athletes and staff - including unlabeled drugs and a blood transfusion machine.

FELIX GOTTWALD lifted Austrian spirits by winning his country’s eighth Winter Olympics gold medal last night.

THE IOC’s war against doping reached new levels when IOC drug busters and Italian police raided the private quarters of the Austrian biathlon team late Saturday.

Ten Austrian athletes have been tested for drugs in a midnight raid on team headquarters by Italian police acting on a tip-off, according to the International Olympic Committee.