Immediately after the European championships you could read rumours about doping in the German press as far as some Greek champions were concerned. These rumours are now nourished when Kenderis, Thanou and Manjani cancelled their participation in Zurich. The facts for these rumours are as follows: Kenderis and Thanou competed only at the NC (Trikkala, 16 June) and at the EuroCup (Banska Bystrica, 23 June). They left out the major EAA and IAAF meetings even on Greek soil. The same is true for Manjani who only competed at minor Greek meetings in early spring. The German press assumes that their abstinence was caused by doping controls at major Greek and international meetings. Moreover, the German press points at an incident some years ago when Greek athletes fled from doping controlers in Germany.
Winfried Kramer Kohlrodweg 12 66539 Neunkirchen/Germany Association of Track & Field Statisticians Editor of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS www.saar.de/~kramer
