She sustained a leg injury and had to undergo surgery in 2003, missing the World Championships in Paris.

She was severely hampered by a series of stress fractures in 2001, which ruled her out of the World Championships.

* Marion Jones, the American athlete who finished in first place, was stripped of her gold medal in October 2007 following a doping scandal.

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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