Doping-tainted sprinter Katerina Thanou has been included on Greece's official team list for the Beijing Olympics. The 33-year-old Thanou had made Greece's provisional team list last week after finishing the 100 meters in 11.39 seconds at a Greek track meet. The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) said Tuesday that Thanou is on the official list of participants. Thanou won the silver medal in the 100m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but later served a two-year ban after missing a doping test before the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her lawyer Nikos Kollias said he expected the International Olympic Committee to issue Thanou with accreditation for the Aug. 8-24 games. “There are no legal grounds for preventing her from taking part in the Olympics,” Kollias said. “(Thanou) wants to take part ... I see no reason why this should not happen.”
