Kenteris pulls out of Games

Kostas Kenteris announced he had pulled out of the Olympic Games “in the national interest” after a brief appearance before an IOC disciplinary commission investigating his missed drugs test.

Kenteris, his co-accused Katerina Thanou and their coach Christos Tzekos arrived at the Athens Hilton at 9.30am local time this morning to face a three-man International Olympic Committee commission.