sentences:  They and others rode under false names because of an international ban on athletes competing in South Africa - a protest against apartheid.The three Irish were detected, and suspended from racing for seven months by the national governing body, the Irish Cycling Federation.They were allowed back two months early, and were racing again, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned them from the Olympics (this did not inhibit McQuaid from becoming a member of the IOC itself later).