Greece Olympics athletics suspended

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Greek athletics victim of austerity, suspends domestic competition

Track and field federation warns competing at international events may be impossible.

Greece's Konstantinos Douvalidis rests on a hurdle after a false start by another runner at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul on March 10, 2012. Due to deep funding cuts, Greece's athletics federation suspended domestic competitions and said international events are in jeopardy.

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