American athlete Greene named in doping documents, report

American federal investigators have conducted a thorough probe of doping in track and field contestants, including naming former Summer Olympics 100 metre champ Maurice Greene in one of their reports.

According to the New York Times, Greene was listed as one of a dozen athletes by witness Angel Guillermo Heredia. Greene won the 100m gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Four of the dozen athletes, including Marion Jones, have already been named and barred from competition for illicit drug use.

Eight of the 12 - including most notably, Greene - have never been previously linked to performance-enhancing drugs.

Greene, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a five-time world champion who is now retired, has never failed a drug test.

Heredia, who is serving as the main witness in the case against Trevor Graham - coach of Jones, Greene and others - will testify that Graham supplied illicit drugs and advice to elite athletes.

The main witness against the coach, Heredia has said he supplied illicit drugs and advice on their use to Mr. Graham and his athletes, including Marion Jones.

While the Times stated that Greene has yet to comment, Heredia showed the paper a copy of a bank transaction form showing a 10,000 dollar wire transfer from Maurice Greene to a relative of the witness.

Heredia also showed the paper two sets of blood-test lab reports with Greene's name and age on them and an e-mail message from a close friend and track-club teammate of the runner, attaching one of the lab reports and saying, "Angel, (these are) Maurice's results, sorry it took so long."