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Magnien out of Olympics
PARIS, Aug 25 (AFP) - French cyclist Emmanuel Magnien saw his Olympic dream in tatters on Friday as the sport's ruling body effectively overruled his selection in the French team for Sydney. By appealing against a suspended six-month ban for doping handed down by the French Cycling League, the International Cycling Union (UCI) made sure that the rider could not take part in the Olympic Games. The UCI lodged the appeal with the Sports Arbitration Panel, the only other body empowered to rule on suspending at least part of a ban. "The rules call for a minimum sanction of a full six-month ban,' a UCI statment said. UCI rules also say that a rider may not compete at the Games if he has an ongoing process against him. Magnien said that, while he admitted taking a cortisone-based medicine to tackle a pollen allergy, he was the "victim of an unjust decision which I will never accept." He also insisted that team doctor Dr Gerard Guillaume had not had his authorisation to administer the product in question. The medicine is banned under UCI regulations as well as French law. Earlier Friday, Magnien, 29, had been named in the squad for Sydney on Friday, in the individual road race category, with Laurent Brochard, Laurent Jalabert, Christophe Moreau and Richard Virenque. Magnien was tested after the 16th stage at Morzine.
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