U.S. may lose Olympic gold won in 2000

SAINT-DENIS, France -- The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday the U.S. 1,600-meter relay team should be stripped of its gold medal from the Sydney Olympics following allegations that sprinter Jerome Young failed a drug test a year before the games.

Young, who won gold in the 400 meters Tuesday night at the World Championships, tested positive for a banned steroid in 1999 but was cleared by U.S. track officials and competed in the 2000 Games, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.

It had been known that an American gold medalist tested positive but the name was not released.