ATHENS - An unnamed Greek track athlete due to compete in the Beijing Games has been recalled after testing positive for a prohibited performance drug, the Greek athletics federation (Segas) said Friday.

"We have been informed that there is a positive result involving one of our athletes," Segas chairman Vassilis Sevastis told AFP.

"The athlete will be recalled and suspended pending tests on the second sample," he added, without giving further details.

Both samples -- taken from a single batch provided by the athlete at the control -- must test positive for proof of doping to be established.

Private Greek TV station Mega reported that the athlete is a member of Greece's men's 200 metre squad.

The test was conducted by the Greek anti-doping council (Eskan), Mega added.

It said the substance was methyltrienolone, a steroid that has already caused the elimination of most of Greece's weightlifting squad and top swimmer Yiannis Drymonakos.

- AFP /ls