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IOC Delays Call on Jones' Medals

Doping cloud shadows disgraced ex-champ, other competitors

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Dec 10, 2007 12:11 PM CST
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(Newser) – The International Olympic Committee decided today to await more info before awarding Marion Jones' medals to other competitors from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Jones will still be formally stripped of her medals for admitting to doping, but the IOC wants to talk to her relay teammates to determine whether they should also lose their medals, reports the AP.

"They would just lose the medals because of Jones," says a board member. "We have to be careful to protect their rights." Further complicating the issue is the fact that Jones' runner-up in the 100 meters, Katerina Thanou of Greece, is also under suspicion of doping. "If we upgrade her we would have to be sure," says an IOC vice president.

Marion Jones celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100 meters at Olympic Park during the Sydney Olympics, in this Sept. 23, 2000 file photo. Right is Katerina Thanou of Greece who won the silver, and was banned from the sport for two years after missing...
Marion Jones celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100 meters at Olympic Park during the Sydney Olympics, in this Sept. 23, 2000 file photo. Right is Katerina Thanou of Greece who...   (Associated Press)
Marion Jones crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the Women's 200 meters at the World Track and Field Championships at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, in this Friday Aug. 10, 2001, file photo. Jones' results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles,...
Marion Jones crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the Women's 200 meters at the World Track and Field Championships at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, in this Friday Aug. 10, 2001,...   (Associated Press)
The three-time Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones cries as she addresses the media during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, file photo, in White Plains, N.Y. Jones' results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, were annulled Friday...
The three-time Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones cries as she addresses the media during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, file photo, in White Plains, N.Y....   (Associated Press)
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones cries as she addresses the media during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, file photo, in White Plains, N.Y. Jones' results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, were annulled Friday because...
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones cries as she addresses the media during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, file photo, in White Plains, N.Y. Jones'...   (Associated Press)
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