 The reason was that there were protests in the Olympic village because they believed Merlene Ottey had bullied herself into the team as she had finished fourth in the trials but made the team ahead of Peta-Gaye Dowdie who finished ahead of her in the trials.Jamaica won no gold medals at the 2000 Olympics but Lorraine Fenton in the 400 m, defending Olympic champion Deon Hemmings in the 400 m hurdles, the women's 4x400 m relay team with Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Deon Hemmings, and Fenton, and the women's 4x100 m team featuring Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald and 40-year-old Merlene Ottey, all won silvers.This made Ottey the oldest ever athletics medallist.