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She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since agreed to forfeit all medals and prizes dating back to September 2000 after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs.

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If you mean, performance enhancing drugs, its is because she though she could cheat the system and win medals.

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She won 3 golds at the Sydney Olympics but were stripped of them later after she was discovered taking performance enhanching drugs.

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she failed a drug test before a tournament and was sentenced for 6 months in prison

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To enhance her performance.

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