# Brothas do it again!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 26, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothas-do-it-again/261700 "2004-08-26T23:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothas-do-it-again/261700/1 "2004-08-26T23:55:10Z")

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All three medals in the 200m went to Americans! Shawn Crawford, gold; Bernard Williams, silver; Justin Gatlin; bronze. Also got the gold (Dwight Phillips) and silver (John Moffitt) in the long jump. Earlier, we swept the men’s 400m (Jeremy Wariner, Otis Harris, Derrick Brew).

Which gives us a total of 5 gold, 8 silver, and 5 bronze in track and field. Top of the heap: immediately below us is Russia, with 2, 1 and 4.

Gold:  
Justin Gatlin, men’s 100m.  
Joanna Hayes, women’s 100m hurdles.  
Shawn Crawford, men’s 200m.  
Jeremy Wariner, men’s 400m.  
Dwight Phillips, men’s long jump.

Silver:  
Lauryn Williams, women’s 100m.  
Allyson Felix, women’s 200m.  
Bernard Williams, men’s 200m.  
Otis Harris, men’s 400m.  
Bryan Clay, men’s decathalon.  
Matt Hemingway, men’s high jump.  
John Moffit, men’s long jump.  
Adam Nelson, men’s shot put.

Bronze:  
Maurice Greene, men’s 100m.  
Melissa Morrison, women’s 100m hurdles.  
Justin Gatlin, men’s 200m.  
Derrick Brew, men’s 400m.  
Deena Kastor, women’s marathon.

I’m telling you, we **own** that category.

USA! USA! USA!

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**Author:** ![MikeCollins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@MikeCollins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeCollins)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothas-do-it-again/261700/2 "2004-08-27T00:09:27Z")

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I’m wondering when Frankie Fredericks will have a heart attack.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothas-do-it-again/261700/3 "2004-08-27T12:15:43Z")

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> [@Rilchiam](#):
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> I’m telling you, we **own** that category.

What category? Doping without getting caught?

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brothas-do-it-again/261700/4 "2004-08-28T00:44:10Z")

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Besides Marion Jones :smack: , who are you talking about?

Update, while I’m here:

Gold: Tim Mack, men’s pole vault.

Silver: Terrence Trammel, men’s 110m hurdles; Toby Stevenson, men’s pole vault.