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...IOC President Juan--Antonio Samaranch told a news conference he was "very optimistic the world is at the beginning of a new period of detente" that would help to avoid a new boycott...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland--The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday rejected proposals to exclude boycotting nations from subsequent Olympics, saying such action would punish the athletes more than the governments initiating the boycotts...
Since the first rules prohibiting some stimulants and tranquilizers were instituted by the IOC in 1967, urinalysis checks have sent athletes home in shame from time to time...
...steroids and by saying they could also pinpoint the exact dosage. The twelve athletes who fled before facing the test insist that they are not steroid users, but some said that they were worried about urinalysis turning up other, more innocuous substances like caffeine, which are also on the IOC's list of more than 300 banned drugs...
...even with the spectre of a boycott, the furor about the right of the Republic of China to compete under that name instead of Taiwan--a right the IOC has denied--and a communications foulup between the Olympic venues, competition began yesterday in thrilling fashion...