SYDNEY, Australia (AP) _ Olympic history, the sequel.

A happy tale for Marion Jones, winner of the second track and field gold of the unprecedented five she's chasing. A sad story for the defending champion U.S. women's soccer team _ it lost 3-2 in overtime to Norway, squandering a chance to win its second straight gold.

Jones pulled away from the world's best sprinters in Thursday's 200-meter final like she was turbocharged.

Under intense scrutiny both because of her quest for five track golds at one Summer Games _ something no woman has ever achieved _ and for the revelation that her shot-putter husband tested positive for steroids, Jones seemed completely at ease as she sped to the finish line in 21.84 seconds.

She stopped to kiss and hug husband C.J. Hunter, watching from the stands, after the race. Hunter has denied he knowingly took drugs to improve his performance.

Off the track, Jones got some good news when world-class U.S. sprinter Inger Miller said she would be back from a hamstring injury to compete in the 400-meter relay on Friday.

Jones also is part of the 1,600 relay team and is in the long jump final Friday. It's her weakest event.

"I don't think anybody doubted me in the sprints. But my real test will come tomorrow," she said.

WOMMEN'S SOCCER

In women's soccer, Norway won a dramatic gold medal game.

Dagny Mellgren scored in the 12th minute of sudden death, knocking a 7-yard shot to the left of U.S. goalkeeper Siri Mullinix. The American managed to get a hand on the ball, but couldn't deflect it enough to keep it out of the net.

Norway had been ahead 2-1 in regulation play, but Tiffeny Milbrett tied with virtually no time left, heading in a long cross from Mia Hamm.

The victory puts the Norwegians on roughly equal footing with the U.S. women in international soccer. Norway also won the 1995 World Cup, while the Americans were 1991 and '99 World Cup champions and won the gold in Atlanta four years ago.

The United States had 75 medals (31 gold, 18 silver, 26 bronze) at the end of Thursday, followed by Russia with 58 (19-18-21) and China with 56 (26-15-15).

_ DRUG TESTING: At an Olympics tainted by drug use, a sports arbitration panel sent a clear message to athletes Thursday: When it comes to doping, "I didn't mean to" is no excuse.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IOC's decision to strip Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan of her all-around gold medal for taking an over-the-counter cold medicine containing a banned stimulant.

The drug, pseudoephedrine, often is found in cold remedies and was in the pills that Raducan took on her team doctor's advice.

The Romanians said the gymnast, just 16, shouldn't suffer for her doctor's mistake. That argument went nowhere with the arbitrators, just as it failed with the International Olympic Committee. The decision said athletes who test positive for drugs are breaking the rules "irrespective of whether or not the competitor intended to ingest the prohibited substance."

Raducan said she was disappointed, but knows she did nothing wrong.

The pseudoephedrine "didn't help me compete," she said. "On the contrary, it gave me some dizziness."

_ TRACK AND FIELD: A shut out and an upset in the men's 200 meters.

With Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson both injuring themselves in the U.S. trials and failing to qualify in the 200, the American men couldn't manage a medal at the Olympics.

Coby Miller and John Capel finished seventh and eighth, while Greek Konstantinos Kenteris accelerated past the field in the last half of the race to pull off an upset victory. He finished in 20.09 seconds.

Except for the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games, the United States hadn't been shut out of a medal in the 200 since 1928.

In the decathlon, Estonia's Erki Nool took the gold. American Chris Huffins led throughout the competition, but faded in the 1,500-meters and finished with a bronze.

_DIVING: Synchronized golds for the Chinese divers.

Xiong Ni and Xiao Hailiang won the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard, while another pair from China _ Li Na and Sang Xue _ wiped out the rest of the field in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform.

U.S. divers were shut out of medals in synchronized diving, and again later in the women's 3-meter springboard.

China's Fu Mingxia won the springboard, joining Americans Greg Louganis and Pat McCormick as the only divers to win four gold medals in their careers.

_ TENNIS: A second gold for Venus Williams and now one for Serena, too. The Williams sisters teamed up to rout Dutch players Miriam Oremans and Kristie Boogert 6-1, 6-1 in the finals of women's doubles, a day after Venus won the women's singles titles.

In men's singles, Yevgeny Kafelnikov thought about skipping the Olympic tournament because he didn't like the way he was playing. Finally, he decided to give it a shot. Good move.

The Russian beat German Tommy Haas 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to win the gold. Kafelnikov was so happy he tossed his racket 15 rows into the stands and threw a ball into the upper deck.

_ WRESTLING: Yet another Russian champ fell to an American wrestler. Texan Brandon Slay took down defending Olympic gold medalist Bouvaissa Saitiev 4-3 in a 167½-pound prelim freestyle match. U.S. wrestlers in the Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions have now beaten three Russian world champions in Sydney.

_ BOXING: Bantamweight Guillermo Rigondeaux stopped a five-bout losing streak for Cuban boxers by defeating American Clarence Vinson 18-6 in a semifinal fight. All boxers in the semifinals get a medal, so Vinson will go home with a bronze.

_ BASKETBALL: As expected. The latest Dream Team beat Russia 85-70 in the quaterfinals of the Olympic tournament, but again the U.S. men won ugly. Russia led by 10 in the first half and Vince Carter got into a bit of a scuffle with a Russian player as the teams left the court at halftime.

The Americans took control of the game in the second half. Kevin Garnett led the United States with 16 points.

_ TAEKWONDO: A new medal sport and a new gold for the United States. Steven Lopez defeated South Korean Sin Jun-sik to win the first American gold in taekwondo, which is making its debut in Sydney as an official Olympic sport.

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