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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/us-track-stars-williams-richards-tackle-tough-issues-in-wcsn-blogs/">U.S. Track Stars Williams, Richards Tackle Tough Issues in WCSN Blogs</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted October 15, 2007 at 06:12 PM by Martin Kennedy</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Two of Team USA’s biggest stars have taken on the toughest news in the sport, including doping, the Marion Jones debacle and the U.S. media attention on track &amp; field. Lauryn Williams, the 2005 world champion, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 2007 World Outdoor silver medalist in the women’s 100 meters, has written an expansive blog about the news of Marion Jones admitting to using performance enhancing substances. Writing about how her “emotions swirled as I listened to [Jones] speak,” Williams says she goes “back and forth between [being] sad for her unfortunate situation and angry at the mess she has created and left for current athletes to clean up.” She fondly recalls Jones treating her “like a little sister” at the 2004 Olympic Games and Jones calling to wish her a 21st birthday, yet Williams questions “what it must feel…<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/us-track-stars-williams-richards-tackle-tough-issues-in-wcsn-blogs/">(<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/us-track-stars-williams-richards-tackle-tough-issues-in-wcsn-blogs/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/us-track-stars-williams-richards-tackle-tough-issues-in-wcsn-blogs/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/us-track-stars-williams-richards-tackle-tough-issues-in-wcsn-blogs/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/events/">Events</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/track-field/">track-field</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/doping/">Doping</a><br /><br /> </P>