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to return the team medals
"as soon as possible" so
they can be reallocated to

the U.S. team.

It also told the Chinese to

"ensure, by all means, that

the athletes and officials of

its delegation comply with
all rules and regulations (of
the international federation)
particularly with regard to
age limits."
"I never imagined in all my
years of gymnastics that a
decade following one of my
Olympic Games I'd actually
get a medal possibly
shipped to me in the mail,"
said Dawes, who will now
have one gold and three
bronzes from the 1992,
1996 and 2000 games.
The bronze medal salvages
what had been a
disappointing Olympics for
the U.S. women. The squad
— Dawes, Amy Chow,
Jamie Dantzscher, Kristin
Maloney, Elise Ray and
Tasha Schwikert — left
Sydney empty-handed, the
only time since 1976 the
American women had failed
to win a single Olympic
medal. The U.S. boycotted
the 1980 Moscow Games.
"Sydney was a beautiful
Olympics, they did a great
job. But it was hard when
people would ask, `What
medal did you guys get?'"
Schwikert said. "It's going
to be nice to say, `We did
get a medal. We got the
bronze in Sydney.'"
Questions about Dong's