Doping-tainted sprinter Katerina Thanou wants to run at the Beijing Olympics if she fulfills her qualification efforts, the athlete's lawyer was quoted as saying today.
"Katerina has told me she would like to compete in Beijing and it is my belief that she will do so," Thanou's lawyer Gregory Ioannidis told the British Broadcasting Corp.
The 33-year-old Thanou made Greece's provisional Olympic team list after finishing the 100 meters in 11.39 seconds at a Greek track meet last week - achieving the lower qualification standard.
But it had been unclear whether Thanou would accept an invitation to run if she cleared qualification.
Thanou served a two-year ban after missing a doping test before the 2004 Athens Olympics.
She and fellow Greek sprinter Costas Kenteris were accused of staging a motorcycle accident after missing the test.
Both were forced to pull out of the games, were later suspended and still face criminal charges.