TOUR CYCLIST AND TEAM DOCTOR CHARGED

LILLE, France---Rodolfo Massi, a Tour de France cyclist with the Casino
tearn, and Nicolas Terrados, the doctor for the ONCE team, were charged in
court Friday night following a hearing before Judge Patrick Keil, who is
heading one of the Tour drugs inquiries.

Both men were detained by French police Wednesday night. They have been
charged under the 1989 drug act. Massi, a member of the Casino team, was the
leader in the King of the Mountains category at the time of his arrest. He
faces additional charges of importing, distributing and transferring
"poisonous substances."

Both men were freed after the Friday hearing.

In The Hague, the Dutch government said Friday that it was setting up an
inquiry into the French authorities' handling of the drugs scandal in the
Tour.

The Dutch sports minister, Erica Terpstra, who has made public her support
for the TVM team, which left the race Friday, said she wanted to determine
whether the French legal authorities had acted fully within their powers.

IOC Calls Drug Meeting

Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee,
said Friday that he was calling a crisis meeting of the IOC executive board
to discuss the use of drugs in sport, Reuters reported from London.

The announcement of the meeting Aug. 20 in Lausanne comes less than a week
after Samaranch provoked surprise in sports circles when he told the Spanish
newspaper El Mundo that he favored an overhaul of doping controls, with
athletes being allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs as long as the
drugs were not harrnful.

The second part of shot putter Randy Barnes' drug test was positive, the
governing body of world track and field said Friday, the Associated Press
reported. This sample from Barnes's out-of-competition test April, 1
confirmed the use of a banned nutritional supplement, they said.

Barnes, the world-record holder and Olympic champion, must now appeal to
U.S. track authorities to avoid a lifetime suspension.

Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"