71. She tries to pattern her style after Marion Jones, the first woman track and field athlete to win five medals at an Olympic Games. 72. Some, like Iran, excluded women because of Islamic practices, while others lacked top-caliber women athletes or devoted their limited sports budgets mostly to men. 73. The Honda-Broderick Cup is the top honor given women college athletes and is part of a year-long Honda Awards program to recognize outstanding achievements. 74. The Russians had entered nine women athletes for the championship, which starts Friday in this Austrian resort. 75. The wave of Nandrolone cases spread Friday to the Arab Games in Amman, Jordan, where two Moroccan women athletes were stripped of their medals after positive tests. 76. The women athletes sued and Pettine ruled in their favor in March. 77. Thompson, in her third Olympics, captured her sixth gold medal Saturday -- the most ever by a U.S. woman athlete. 78. Two women athletes from Tunisia and Syria also tested positive and were disqualified. 79. Under current IOC rules, all women athletes are required to undergo gender screening tests before competing in the Olympics. 80. Women athletes will also compete in certain categories. |
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