Olympic Games 2004 in Athens,Greece

We get of course a daily summary, but only the opening and end ceremony plus the one or the other competition are covered live.

one 'Walter Hinteler'

[Maybe his father have this name,too]

Canadian sprinter Earle Connor has been suspended from the Canadian Paralympic team pending the final review of his positive drug test by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

Connor, a Calgary native who is one of the world's top disabled athletes, tested positive for trace amounts of testosterone and nandrolone in an out-of-competition test Aug. 23.

"The Canadian Paralympic Committee is disappointed and saddened by this situation involving Earl Connor," Brian McPherson, the CPC's director general, said in a release Thursday. "We hope that the matter will be concluded as quickly as possible so the focus can turn to the outstanding performances of the athletes on Team Canada."

Connor will remain suspended from the team until the matter is completely concluded by the CCES. The Paralympics begin Friday.

Connor said in a statement Wednesday that he had used a medically prescribed patch that aids in normalizing testosterone levels after surgery in 2001 to remove one of his testes due to cancer related concerns. He also said he's been taking prescribed and supplemental medications since being diagnosed with a severe gastro-intestinal infection at a competition in Germany in July.

Earlier this year, Connor won the prestigious Laureus World Sport Award as the world's top athlete with a disability. He is the world record holder in the men's amputee 100, 200 and 400 metres, as well as the 60 metres indoors.

"Athletes within the team were surprised and disappointed about the situation," said chef de mission Louis Barbeau. "However, since this happened outside and prior to the Games, it will not have any impact on the overall performance of the team, nor their spirit."

At the Paralympics in Sydney in 2000, Connor won gold in the 100 metres and silver in the 200. Afterwards he had the words 'Silver Hurts' tattooed on his foot.

His goal for Athens was gold in both the 100 and 200, and to run a sub-12-second 100 metres. His world record is 12.14, set last summer.

The five-foot-nine, 170-pound sprinter, who is sponsored by Nike, lost his left leg at three months because of a problem with his fibula. He runs with a state of the art prosthesis, and took up sprinting after seeing the 1996 Paralympics on TV.