Fazekas slams 'Gestapo methods'

Hungarian Robert Fazekas accused Olympic officials of Gestapo-style methods, saying he would appeal against being made to surrender his discus gold medal for tampering with a doping test sample.

"I was treated badly. They stripped me off... and even looked into my backside," Fazekas was quoted as saying by Hungary's state news agency MTI. "It was like the Gestapo method in World War Two," he said.

Thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of his home town of Szombathely in western Hungary to support him.

The International Olympic Committee expelled Fazekas from the Athens Games on Tuesday for refusing to provide a complete urine sample - a serious anti-doping violation under IOC rules.

Fazekas said he would appeal against the IOC's decision to take away his gold and that he would prove his innocence.

He also admitted he had made a mistake when he left the doping control room without producing the amount of urine required for a sample.

"I tried six times, but I could not produce the rest ... I did make a mistake when I left, but I was in a state of shock," he said.