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makes sense because I couldnt understand how she couldnt even run, or do anything physical at all, she was such a disappointment to me that season. She was always so out of breath too, wtf is with these supposed athletes?

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP)—Crystal Cox of the United States 4x400-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics has accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for doping.

Cox, who ran in the preliminaries for the team led by Sanya Richards, admitted to using anabolic steroids and agreed to the penalty on Friday, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said.

She almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her teammates aren’t yet known. Richards ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan. Moushaumi Robinson joined Cox in the preliminary heat.

Russia won the silver medal, and Jamaica the bronze. Britain was fourth.

Marion Jones’ relay teammates from the Sydney Games lost their medals after Jones admitted to doping, but they are fighting to have the medals restored.

A relay gold medalist from the same year, Jerome Young, was stripped of his gold medal for doping, but a move to strip the entire team was rejected. Young only ran in the preliminary for the 4x400-meter team.

USADA chief executive officer Travis Tygart said he didn’t know how the Cox case would affect her teammates.

“You’ve got to give her credit for accepting responsibility,” he said. “But hopefully this sends a strong message that if you’re going to succumb to the temptation, you have to remember the terrible position you’re putting your teammates in.”

The Cox admission came after an investigation that was triggered by information from the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case.

Cox, who appeared on the TV show “Survivor: Gabon,” is suspended through January 2014, though the biggest penalty will be the forfeiture of results from 2001 to 2004, the time she admitted using anabolic steroids.

Updated Jan 29, 5:46 pm EST