Originally published August 2, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified August 2, 2008 at 12:40 AM
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IOC strips gold from 2000 Olympics relay
The International Olympic Committee has stripped gold medals from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics. The move follows Antonio Pettigrew's doping admission two months ago.
The Associated Press
BEIJING — The International Olympic Committee has stripped gold medals from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics. The move follows Antonio Pettigrew's doping admission two months ago.
The IOC executive board disqualified the entire team.
It was the fourth gold medal and sixth overall stripped during the past eight months from the American track team that ran in Sydney. Three gold and two bronze medals were previously removed after Marion Jones confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs.
Pettigrew admitted in court in May that he used EPO and human growth hormone from 1997 to 2003.
Five of his teammates also lost their medals: Michael Johnson and twins Alvin and Calvin Harrison ran in the final; Jerome Young and Angelo Taylor ran in the preliminaries.
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