Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou's eligibility for the Beijing Games was still undecided on Thursday after an International Olympic Committee (IOC) disciplinary review, president Jacques Rogge said. The Sydney 100m silver medallist has been locked in a long-running dispute with the IOC over whether she can compete in Beijing because of a drugs scandal that also involved fellow sprinter Costas Kenteris before the Athens Games in 2004. Thanou, who withdrew from Athens following a missed drugs test and was subsequently banned until Dec. 2006, qualified for Beijing but needed IOC approval to compete at the Games. “There has been a meeting of the disciplinary commission,” Rogge told reporters on Thursday. “I have not received their report. It is a little bit too soon.” IOC officials said it could take a few days before a final decision. Thanou is scheduled to arrive on Aug. 13, a few days before the 100m heats begin on Aug. 16. Her lawyer has repeatedly accused the IOC of discrimination, threatening legal action should she not be allowed to race. The IOC said since Thanou and Kenteris voluntarily handed in their accreditations during the Athens Games, it had closed the case at the time and reserved the right to review her eligibility in future Games. “From a legal point of view there is no problem to have a disciplinary review of Thanou,” Rogge said. Brightman and Liu Huan to sing at opening ceremony British singer Sarah Brightman and Chinese pop performer Liu Huan will sing at Friday's opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, organizers said on Wednesday. Brightman, best known for her appearances in shows in London's West End including the Phantom of the Opera, will sing a specially commissioned theme song which will make up part of the three and a half hour ceremony.
