Olympic games in brief: One day to go

Thanou prepared to go to court for gold A lawyer representing the Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou said he planned to sue the IOC for failing to hand her a 2000 Olympic gold won by disgraced US athlete Marion Jones. Thanou's lawyer, Gregory Ioannidis, said that he had written to the IOC to announce his intention to take the sporting body to court unless it handed over the medal or started negotiations about the issue with him. Thanou, 33, won the silver medal in the 100m at Sydney, finishing second behind Jones. Swimming Athens Games gold medallist Amanda Beard had to launch her anti-fur campaign poster outside the Athletes' Village on Wednesday after Chinese security officials visited a hotel where the news conference had been scheduled and shut it down, citing safety concerns. In a poster for the animal rights group PETA, the... [read full story]