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 VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The Austrian Olympic Committee imposed lifetime Olympic bans Tuesday on 14 team officials linked to the blood doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Games.
The 14 would be denied accreditation for all Olympics, and any Austrians found guilty of a doping offense in the future will be banned for life from the Olympics, AOC president Leo Wallner said at a news conference after a special executive board session.
Also, the chief of Austria's ski federation Peter Schroecksnadel resigned as vice president of the AOC, saying he hoped his departure would help Salzburg's bid for the 2014 Winter Games. Schroecksnadel said he will not step down as head of the ski federation.
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