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US relay runners win Olympic medals appeal
« on: July 18, 2010, 08:15:24 AM »

This September 30, 2000 file photo shows members of the US women's 4X400 relay team (from left), Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, La Tasha Colander-Richardson (now Colander Clark) , and Marion Jones displaying their gold medals during award ceremonies at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: AP)

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

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favour of the women, who appealed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games.
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