Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Isménia do Frederico yana da shekaru 29 a lokacin wasannin Olympics na Sydney, kuma yana yin wasan na biyu da na karshe, bayan da ya wakilci Cape Verde a gasar Olympics ta 1996. A cikin mita 100 na Atlanta ta sanya ta ƙarshe a cikin zafin ta da lokacin 13.03 seconds. A nan Sydney, a tseren mita 100
, ita ma ta gama a ƙarshe a cikin zafinta, amma tare da saurin lokaci na 12.99 seconds; kawai manyan uku daga kowane zafin jiki, da kuma na gaba mafi sauri tsakanin dukkan zafin jiki goma zasu iya ci gaba, don haka aka kawar da Frederico. A cikin taron gabaɗaya, lambar zinare ba ta da komai saboda asalin lambar zinare Marion Jones ta Amurka ta yarda da amfani da steroid kuma ta rasa lambobin yabo da sakamakon wasannin Sydney. A hukumance, lambobin yabo a cikin taron suna hannun Ekaterini Thanou na Girka da Tayna Lawrence (wanda ya lashe lambar tagulla ta asali) na Jamaica suna raba azurfa, kuma Merlene Ottey, ita ma ta Jamaica, wacce ta kammala na huɗu, an ba ta tagulla. An bar zinare babu kowa saboda Thanou, wanda ya lashe lambar azurfa ta asali, tana da nata matsalar rashin gwajin kwayoyi a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004