Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris, right, escorted by his lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, leaves a central Athenian hotel after he met the IOC executive board, Wednesday, August 18. Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew from the Athens Olympic Games, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash. — AP/PTI photo