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U.S. gold medal relay member in 2004 admits to doping
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for doping.
Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminaries for the American team led by Sanya Richards, admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty Friday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.
She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren't yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat.
Russia finished second in the 2004 relay and Jamaica finished third.
Marion Jones' relay teammates from the Sydney Games lost their medals after Jones admitted to doping, but they're fighting to have them restored.
A relay gold medalist from the same year, Jerome Young, was stripped of his medal for doping, but a move to strip the entire team was rejected. Young only ran in the preliminary for the 1,600-meter team.
USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart said he didn't know how the Cox case would affect her teammates.
"You've got to give her credit for accepting responsibility," he said. "But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you're going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you're putting your teammates in."
The Cox admission came after an investigation that was triggered by information from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case.
Cox, who appeared on the TV show "Survivor: Gabon," is suspended through January 2014, though the biggest penalty will be the forfeiture of results from 2001 to 2004, the time she admitted using anabolic steroids.
USA Track and Field spokeswoman Jill Geer said the federation would respect whatever decision the International Olympic Committee makes about the remaining medals.
"Unfortunately, when one athlete cheats, all the other athletes lose out, whether it's their teammates or their competitors," Geer said. "They're all cheated out of something."
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more....html?eref=sihpCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for doping.
Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminaries for the American team led by Sanya Richards, admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty Friday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.
She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren't yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat.
Russia finished second in the 2004 relay and Jamaica finished third.
Marion Jones' relay teammates from the Sydney Games lost their medals after Jones admitted to doping, but they're fighting to have them restored.
A relay gold medalist from the same year, Jerome Young, was stripped of his medal for doping, but a move to strip the entire team was rejected. Young only ran in the preliminary for the 1,600-meter team.
USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart said he didn't know how the Cox case would affect her teammates.
"You've got to give her credit for accepting responsibility," he said. "But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you're going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you're putting your teammates in."
The Cox admission came after an investigation that was triggered by information from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case.
Cox, who appeared on the TV show "Survivor: Gabon," is suspended through January 2014, though the biggest penalty will be the forfeiture of results from 2001 to 2004, the time she admitted using anabolic steroids.
USA Track and Field spokeswoman Jill Geer said the federation would respect whatever decision the International Olympic Committee makes about the remaining medals.
"Unfortunately, when one athlete cheats, all the other athletes lose out, whether it's their teammates or their competitors," Geer said. "They're all cheated out of something."
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Ex-'Survivor' Crystal Cox admits to steroids, likely to lose Olympic gold
Crystal Cox was unable to win Survivor gold, and now the track athlete is likely to lose her Olympic gold too.
The former Survivor: Gabon castaway admitted to using anabolic steroids and has agreed to a four-year suspension and forfeiture of results from 2001 to 2004, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday.
"You've got to give her credit for accepting responsibility," USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart told The Associated Press.
"But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you're going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you're putting your teammates in."
Cox won gold after she ran in the preliminaries for the U.S.' 1,600-meter relay team at the Athens Olympics in 2004 but will likely lose that medal for her doping admission, according to The Associated Press, which added it is unknown what the consequence will be for her teammates.
Cox's admission came following an investigation started by information from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case.
"Unfortunately, when one athlete cheats, all the other athletes lose out, whether it's their teammates or their competitors," USA Track and Field spokeswoman Jill Geer told The Associated Press. "They're all cheated out of something."
Cox was the thirteenth castaway eliminated from Survivor: Gabon during the Fall 2008 season of the CBS reality competition.
Source: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ex-surv...-gold-10329.phpCrystal Cox was unable to win Survivor gold, and now the track athlete is likely to lose her Olympic gold too.
The former Survivor: Gabon castaway admitted to using anabolic steroids and has agreed to a four-year suspension and forfeiture of results from 2001 to 2004, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday.
"You've got to give her credit for accepting responsibility," USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart told The Associated Press.
"But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you're going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you're putting your teammates in."
Cox won gold after she ran in the preliminaries for the U.S.' 1,600-meter relay team at the Athens Olympics in 2004 but will likely lose that medal for her doping admission, according to The Associated Press, which added it is unknown what the consequence will be for her teammates.
Cox's admission came following an investigation started by information from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case.
"Unfortunately, when one athlete cheats, all the other athletes lose out, whether it's their teammates or their competitors," USA Track and Field spokeswoman Jill Geer told The Associated Press. "They're all cheated out of something."
Cox was the thirteenth castaway eliminated from Survivor: Gabon during the Fall 2008 season of the CBS reality competition.
QUOTE (SugarB @ Dec 16 2008, 12:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For the record, she ran a preliminary heat in the olympic relay - which means she got the medal, even though she didn't run in the final. True, it is a great accomplishment to even get to the olympics, but she wasn't all that and a bag of chips.
