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BRISBANE-Australian Olympic chief John Coates has said Greek athlete Katerina Thanou should
not be awarded the Sydney Olympics 100 metres gold medal handed back by Marion Jones.
Jones, who this week admitted to steroid(类固醇)use in the build up to the Sydney Games, has
returned the three gold medals and two bronzes she won in 2000.
But Thanou, the silver medalist in Sydney, was herself banned for two years after she failed to appear
for a drug test at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
"I'd like to think that Katerina Thanou would not be awarded the gold medal," Coates told the
Australian Associated Press on Tuesday, "but there may be some legal difficulties for the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) to overcome in order to reach that conclusion."
Jamaica's Tayna Lawrence won the 100m bronze medal in Sydney behind Jones and Thanou.
Coates also said he expected the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to hand back the medals
won by the women's 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams.
Two of Jones's team mates in the 4x100m team which finished third in Sydney, Torri Edwards and
Chryste Gaines, have also served doping(兴奋剂)bans.
The U.S. women's 4x100m relay team won the gold medal ahead of Jamaica and Russia.
"On the relays, it's my expectation that the United States Olympic Committee will be required to also
hand back the medals won by the other ladies who competed with Jones in the two relays," Coates said.
"That is normal practice."
The United States Olympic Committee (USCO) has publicly apologized to the organizers and
competitors of the 2000 Sydney Games and the Australian public for Jones's actions.
As part of the USOC's apology, president Peter Ueberroth promised that the U.S. would send a clean
team to next year's Beijing Olympics.
1. Thanou get the Sydney gold medal because________.
A. she didn't pass the drug test.
B. she served doping ban at Sydney Olympics.
C. she didn't take the drug test at Sydney Olympics.
D. she ran the first at Sydney Olympics.
2. Which of the following statements is True?
A. Jones has got five gold medals at Sydney Olympics.
B. The USCO has returned medals in the two relays.
C. Jones also took part in the women's 4x100m relay race.
D. Thanou should receive Sydney gold medal.
3. Why did Coates expect the USOC to hand back the medals won in the relay races?
A. Because the IOC required them to do so.
B. Because some of the runners of the U.S served doping bans.
C. Because they didn't take the first place in the relay races.
D Because they felt sorry for Jones's actions.
4. What would probably happen next according to the passage?
A. Thanou would receive Sydney gold.
B. Fewer or no American athletes will serve doping drugs in Beijing Olympics.
C. Jamaica's Tayna Lawrence would receive Sydney gold.
D. Thanou wouldn't be allowed to take part in the Beijing Olympics.
5. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Thanou should not receive Sydney gold
B. Jones has returned the Sydney medals
C. Beijing Olympics
D. The U.S would send a clean team to Beijing Olympics.
