Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Marion Jones, the six-time Olympic winner who was stripped of her medals in 2007, has had her medals reallocated, the IOC announced 9 December. She participated in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and in one event in Athens in 2004.

The medals reallocated were for:

• 100m, where Jones placed first, but the Gold was not given to the runner-up, Greek Ekatirini Thanou, who herself missed a mandated drugs test prior to the Games in Athens. She was awarded the Silver medal.
• 200m, where Jones placed first: Gold awarded to Pauline Davis-Thompson (Bahamas)
• Long Jump, where Jones placed third: Bronze awarded to Tatyana Kotova (Russia)
• Jones ran in the 1,600m and 400m relay races which placed first and third.  The medals in those races will be reallocated following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Links to other sites: IOC, UPI

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