Athletics: Hammer champion banned for life

Mihaela Melinte, the women's world-record holder in the hammer, has been banned for life by the Romanian Olympic Committee after testing positive for nandrolone.

Last year, Melinte was escorted from the field just minutes before her Olympic contest in Sydney. She had tested positive at an athletics meeting in Milan in June.

Last month, she failed to persuade the International Association of Athletics Federations to review her allegations that there were irregularities in the doping investigation.