Sports court to rule on Sydney relay medals

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) The decision on whether the U-S men&#39;s 16-hundred-meter relay team will keep its gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics will come Thursday.<br> <br> The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will rule then on a U-S Olympic Committee appeal.<br> <br> The problem centers on Jerome Young, who tested positive for a steroid in 1999 but was cleared to run in the 2000 Olympics by a U-S appeals panel. Young ran in the opening and semifinal rounds but not in the final.<br> <br> The International Association of Athletics Federations didn&#39;t get confirmation of Young&#39;s test until after the Sydney Games. It ruled Young should have been suspended for two years and been ineligible for the Olympics, and the I-double-A-F recommended that the entire six-man team be disqualified.<br> <br> The U-S Olympic Committee then appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. If the court turns down the U-S appeal, the International Olympic Committee could disqualify the team and strip the medals.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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