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Sports News // 1 decade ago

U.S. sprinters stripped of gold medals

U.S. sprinter Antonio Pettigrew and his entire 1,600-meter relay team were stripped of their gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Games Saturday, officials said.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

American sprinter banned for life

American sprinter Jerome Young was banned from competition for life Wednesday by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

Police: Wrestling show-biz bad biz

Police in Jacksonville, Fla., didn't agree with a professional wrestler's description of stabbing his opponent 14 times in the ring as just show business.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Ruling: Young should have been banned

The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced Tuesday that Jerome Young should have been banned from the 2000 Olympics.

Sports News // 2 decades ago

Report: U.S. athletes, positive drug tests

A recent report shows that some United States Olympic medallists have tests positive for banned drugs.

Jerome Young (born August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. His reputation as a sprinter has been tarnished as he was caught doping in 1999 casting suspicious shadows over his entire track & field career.

In 1995, as a senior in high school, Jerome set a Connecticut state record of 45.01 in the 400 m. Jerome was part of the world record breaking 4 x 400 metres relay team in 1998 along with Michael Johnson, Antonio Pettigrew, and Tyree Washington.

On June 29 2004 the IAAF announced the following:

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