The Associated Press

ATHENS - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew from the Athens Games Wednesday, nearly a week after missing a drug test and being hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.

Kenteris said he cut ties with his coach, Christos Tsekos - suspended by the Greek Olympic Committee along with the two runners.

Kenteris, the reigning 200-meter Olympic champion, wasGreece's best hope for gold in track.

OH, THE BENEFITS OF WINNING: There's less than $100 worth of gold in the most-coveted of Olympic medals, but winning one can mean hitting the jackpot - especially for athletes from developing countries. Romanian gold medalists will receive tax-free bonuses of $50,000 - twice what U.S. champions will get. Iraq's new government has pledged $25,000 per gold. And Kenya's winners will get flat-screen TVs and washing machines along with cash.

OUSTED: A South Korean judo coach was expelled from his country's sports federation for apparently hitting one of his athletes after she lost a bout.

Suh Joung-bok was expelled by the South Korean Federation after a journalist reported seeing him strike Ye Gue-rin after she lost in the 105 1/2-pound (48 kg) tournament Saturday, said Michel Brousse, spokesman for the International Judo Federation.

TRACK AND FIELD: Despite an Achilles tendon injury, Haile Gebrselassie, the two-time Olympic 10,000 defending champion from Ethiopia, will compete Friday.

Gebrselassie, 31, is seeking to become the first individual athlete to win the same running event at three Olympics.

THIS ISN'T SWAN LAKE: A tutu-clad Canadian who jumped into the Olympic diving pool after a competition was convicted of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in jail. He was released pending an appeal.

Ron Bensimhon, 31, of Montreal, jumped off the 3-meter springboard at the diving venue Monday night wearing a blue tutu and white tights with polka dots.

In March, Bensimhon disrupted the world figure skating championships in Dortmund, Germany, when he skated onto the ice and donned a tutu as defending champion Michelle Kwan was about to perform.

CELEBRATION GONE BAD: A fatal shooting and an unseemly spat between soft drink companies has marred the hometown celebration for a weightlifter who became the first Thai woman to win an Olympic gold medal. A gang brawl led to the shooting at a victory party hosted Tuesday night at the home of the parents of Udomporn Polsak, police said Wednesday.

Further dampening the spirits of the Olympian's family was bickering between distributors of Coca Cola and Pepsi, who both staked claims to give away their drinks in front of the family house.