U.S. Gold Medals in Doubt
Sports Briefing - Track and Field - U.S. Gold Medals in Doubt - NYTimes.com
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 2, 2010
The International Olympic Committee is considering opening an investigation that could lead to another United States relay team’s being stripped of an Olympic gold medal for doping. Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminary rounds for the United States women’s gold-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the 2004 Athens Games, admitted to using anabolic steroids and accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results from 2001 to 2004, theUnited States Anti-Doping Agency said.
The I.O.C. previously stripped national relay teams of medals retroactively for any doping admission or drug suspension, including three United States teams from the 2000 Sydney Games.
Sports Briefing - Track and Field - U.S. Gold Medals in Doubt - NYTimes.com
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 2, 2010
The International Olympic Committee is considering opening an investigation that could lead to another United States relay team’s being stripped of an Olympic gold medal for doping. Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminary rounds for the United States women’s gold-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the 2004 Athens Games, admitted to using anabolic steroids and accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results from 2001 to 2004, theUnited States Anti-Doping Agency said.
The I.O.C. previously stripped national relay teams of medals retroactively for any doping admission or drug suspension, including three United States teams from the 2000 Sydney Games.
