Conviction
Thanou was tried in 2009 for making false statements to police, to avoid a doping test, on the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympics. On May 9th 2011, Thanou and Kenteris were convicted to 31 months of probation for perjury. The judge declared that the "motor accident at the Olympic Games in reality had never taken place".
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