The trial of disgraced Greek sprinters Costas Kenderis and Katerina Thanou finally began on Friday, after being postponed seven times. At the 2004 Games in Athens, Kenderis and Thanou caused one of the the biggest Olympic doping scandals. The two sprinters were accused of missing a doping test and staging a motorcycle accident to avoid being tested on the night of the 2004 opening ceremony.
Kenderis, who won a gold medal in the 200 metres and Thanou, a silver Olympic medallist in the 100 metres at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, were Greece’s biggest medal hopes for the Athens Games.
They both face misdemeanor charges of perjury over the motorcycle accident, along with ten other people including their coach, doctors and alleged witnesses of the accident. If found guilty they face a penalty of up to two years in prison.
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