SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 20: OLYMPISCHE SPIELE SYDNEY 2000; BAHNRAD/SPRINT/MAENNER; Marty NOTHSTEIN/USA - GOLD -, Jens FIEDLER/GER - BRONZE - (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)

20 Sep 2000: Michelle Ferris of Australia and Felicia Ballanger of France in action during the Women's Sprint Finals held at the Dunc Gray Velodrome during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell/ALLSPORT

20 Sep 2000: Felicia Ballanger of France celebrates her Gold Medal win in the Womens Cycle Sprint Finals at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Bankstown on Day Five of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Powell /Allsport

20 Sep 2000: Gold medalist Felicia Ballanger of France (centre), silver medalist Oxana Grichina of Russia (left) and bronze medalist Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine after the women's sprint final during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at the Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dadswell/ALLSPORT

16 Sep 2000: Felicia Ballanger of France on her way to gold and an Olympic record in the Women's 500m Time Trial at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Bankstown on Day One of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/Allsport

16 Sep 2000: Felicia Ballanger of France on her way to winning the gold medal in the Womens 500m Time Trial during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games at the Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, Australia. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Ross Kinnaird/ALLSPORT