Argentine Rower Fails Doping Test

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The third failed doping test of the Pan American Games will cost Argentina two medals.

 Rower Ulf Lienhard testive positive for cocaine, which particularly enraged Pan American Sports Organization president Mario Vazquez Rana.

 "Anything other than cocaine would be more pardonable," Vazquez Rana said Thursday.

 Previously, U.S. sprinter Mickey Grimes of Los Angeles, the 100-meter gold medalist, tested positive for ephedrine, a banned stimulant. He was stripped of that medal, and the U.S. 400-meter relay team also lost its gold medal.

 Letitia Vriesde of Surinam, who won the women's 800 run, was caught with excessive levels of caffeine in her system. She also was stripped of her medal, the only one her country has won here.

 Argentina won a silver in the men's quadruple sculls, which now goes to Brazil. The United States gets the bronze.

 The men's doubles won a bronze for Argentina, but it now goes to Guatemala.

 Vazquez Rana said Lienhard has left the country and would not face any legal consequences in the Dominican Republic.