Jones' ex-teammates win back Olympic medals

[The Straight Story]

Jones' ex-teammates win back Olympic medals

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - American sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was doping won an appeal Friday to have them restored.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games.

The court said that rules in place in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete.
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In Sydney, Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander Clark and Andrea Anderson were part of the squad that won gold in the 4x400 relay. Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry and Passion Richardson were on the 4x100 bronze medal squad.

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[theHandpuppet]

1. Good news

I felt really bad that Marion's teammates had to pay for her deceit.

[ceile]

2. Good.

They shouldn't have to pay for her actions.

[bluestateguy]

3. What really happens when medals are taken away?

Do the Olympics send a goon squad to your house to confiscate the medals?

[The Straight Story]

4. They call Apple who gets the cops to raid their homes

:rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

5. !!!

:rofl:

[pinboy3niner]

6. LOL! If Apple's busy, there's BP...

They'll do the raid--AND make sure there are no photos! :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

7. The problem I have with this is the fact that in a relay race

the offender is 1/4 of the team and her time is combined with the other three.. If one is cheating that DOES affect the team-time, and it's the team time that wins the medal. If the 2nd place team had NO cheaters, they deserve the medals..