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The photo above shows Tanya - lane one - on her way to a third place
finish in the final of the women's 100m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
However, the gold medal winner Marion Jones was later disqualified after
admitting she had lied about drug use and Lawrence was move up one
place to the silver medal position (Greece's Ekaterini Thanou remained a
silver medalist and nobody was awarded the gold). Tanya later teamed
up with Veronica Campbell, Beverley McDonald and Merlene Ottey to win
silver in the 4x100m. Four years later in Athens, Lawrence and her team
mates - Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey and Campbell - went one better and
struck gold in the 4x100m.
Ekaterini Thanou, the Greek athlete who finished second place, was later suspended for two years following various scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Womens 100m. Final
2000 Olympic Games
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| 1. Ekaterini Thanou |
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GRE |
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11.12 |
| 2. Tanya Lawrence |
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JAM |
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11.18 |
| 3. Merlene Ottey |
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JAM |
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11.19 |
| 4. Zhanna Pintusevych |
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UKR |
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11.20 |
| 5. Chandra Sturrup |
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BAH |
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11.21 |
| 6. Sevatheda Fynes |
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BAH |
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11.22 |
| 7. Debbie Ferguson |
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BAH |
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11.29 |
| Marion Jones |
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USA |
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DSQ |
Womens 4x100m. Relay Final. 2000 Olympic Games
1. BAH (S Fynes, C Sturrup, P Davis-Thompson, D Ferguson) 41.95
2. JAM (
T LAWRENCE, V Campbell, B McDonald, M Ottey)
42.13
3. USA (C Gaines, T Edwards, N Perry, M Jones) 42.20
Womens 4x100m. Relay Final. 2004 Olympic Games
1.
JAM (
TLawrence, S Simpson, A Bailey, V Campbell) 41.73
2. RUS (O Fyodorova, Y Tabakova, I Khabarova, L Kruglova) 42.27
3. FRA (V Mang, M Hurtis, S Felix, C Arron) 42.54.
ANNUAL PROGRESS. 100m.
2005 11.23 +0.2 New York, NY 11 JUN
2004 11.18 +0.1 Bruxelles 03 SEP
2003 11.24 +0.7 Eugene, OR 24 MAY
2002 10.93 +1.0 Bruxelles 30 AUG
2000 11.07 +0.1 Berlin 01 SEP
1999 11.37 +0.5 Gainesville, FL 27 MAR
200 metres.
2000 22.84 +0.6 Pointe-à-Pitre 01 MAY
1999 22.89 +0.8 Miami, FL 03 APR