Doping-tainted Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou will not be allowed to compete at the Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced on Sunday, dpa reported.
The IOC disciplinary committee's recommendation was confirmed by the executive board.
Thanou withdrew from the 2004 Olympics after missing a doping test and the IOC said at the time it would reopen the case if she aimed to compete in Beijing. Thanou was banned until 2006 over the affair and recently qualified for Beijing.
IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies spoke of "a scandalous saga that overshadowed the Athens Olympics which brought the Olympic Movement into disrepute."