Swim: O Neill eyes role as Olympic politician after swimming

AAP Sports News (Australia), March, 2000

AAP Sports News (Australia) 03-30-2000 Swim: O Neill eyes role as Olympic politician after swimming By Janelle Miles BRISBANE, March 30 AAP - Swimming champion Susie O'Neill will take memories of being beaten by drug-tainted Chinese rivals into a career as an Olympic politician if she's elected at the Sydney Games. O'Neill is among 44 athletes world-wide up for election to eight spots on the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 26-year-old, who had to settle for bronze in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the 1994 Rome world championships behind the Chinese, said her No.1 priority would be trying to eradicate drugs from the Olympics. "I think it's great that athletes have got a say in the running of the Olympic Games now a lot more than they...

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