IOC finally reallocates Marion Jones’ medals

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for doping.



But the IOC has withheld the 100-metre gold from Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou because of her disgraceful behavior in evading drug tests.



Three Jamaican sprinters have benefited from the readjustment of the medals.



Tanya Lawrence, who finished third in the 100 in Sydney, moved up to second to become the duplicate silver medalist with Thanou.



Merlene Ottey, who is now a Slovenian citizen, goes from fourth to third and will get her sixth career bronze medal to go with two silvers in seven Olympics.



And Beverley McDonald has earned a bronze medal after being promoted from fourth to third in the 200-metres.



Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas is promoted from silver to gold in the 200, with Sri Lanka\'s Susanthika Jayasinghe moving up from bronze to silver.



The IOC stripped Jones of her five medals, which also included gold in the 4x400 relay and bronze in the 4x100 relay, in December 2007 but put off any decision on redistributing the medals.



Still undecided is the fate of the medals held by Jones\' relay teammates.

The IOC stripped those medals in April 2008 but the relay runners appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, arguing it was wrong to punish them for Jones\' violations.



CAS is due to release its verdict by December 18, and the IOC will wait until then before making a decision.