Marion Jones returns five medals from 2000 Sydney Olympics

[Gemini]

By Gene Cherry
SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has returned the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a source close to Jones told Reuters on Monday.
"She apologizes to her competitors and hopes the record books will be amended to accurately reflect their achievements," said the source, who did not wish to be identified.

New York attorney Henry Dieppe, who represents Jones along with F. Hill Allen of Raleigh, North Carolina, confirmed in a telephone call that the medals had been returned.
Jones won three gold medals and two bronzes at the Games and after years of denial admitted in a New York court on Friday she had taken the steroid tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, in preparation for the Games.
U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth then called on Jones to return the medals and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) indicated it would begin a process that could lead her being stripped of the medals.
The IOC were unable to verify if the medals had been handed back.
"I cannot confirm this," an IOC official told Reuters. "The procedure would be for the medals to be returned to the United States Olympic Committee and then they would come to us."




http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=reu-jonesdc&prov=reuters&type=lgns

 

[MCP]

I'm just wondering now whether there is any 'clean' sports nowadays.

Its a shame what lengths people will go to get fame and glory.

 

[superman2004]

ok.

 

[Manbot26]

Good move, people would have drawn it out on and on if they were taken from her..

 

[Laughing Man]

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

Damn.

 

[LennyNero1972]

Damn.

Co-sign.

 

[Simply_Black]

She had no choice, but that aint half her problem. Regardless of her public apology and her open admittance they still gonna throw her ass in prison, that's when her true nightmare and shame will really begin.

I am still puzzled as to why she would now openly admit steriod use. My guess is that either her conscience had been eating away at her over the years and got the better of her.... OR ..... the feds had finally come up with enough prove on her using drugs and therfore her only option now was to admit it publicly so as to get a lesser jail sentence when the facts finally come to court.

 

[Mr. Met]

 

[Damn Right]

She had no choice, but that aint half her problem. Regardless of her public apology and her open admittance they still gonna throw her ass in prison, that's when her true nightmare and shame will really begin.

I am still puzzled as to why she would now openly admit steriod use. My guess is that either her conscience had been eating away at her over the years and got the better of her.... OR ..... the feds had finally come up with enough prove on her using drugs and therfore her only option now was to admit it publicly so as to get a lesser jail sentence when the facts finally come to court.

she probably got wind of the feds having enough to prove she'd been lying

 

[Complex]

She had no choice, but that aint half her problem. Regardless of her public apology and her open admittance they still gonna throw her ass in prison, that's when her true nightmare and shame will really begin.

I am still puzzled as to why she would now openly admit steriod use. My guess is that either her conscience had been eating away at her over the years and got the better of her.... OR ..... the feds had finally come up with enough prove on her using drugs and therfore her only option now was to admit it publicly so as to get a lesser jail sentence when the facts finally come to court.

Plus having enough evidence to being implicated in Tim Montgomery's check forgery scam.

 

[phillyphilly]

Great move on her part.

 

[Harbinger]

She had no choice, but that aint half her problem. Regardless of her public apology and her open admittance they still gonna throw her ass in prison, that's when her true nightmare and shame will really begin.

I am still puzzled as to why she would now openly admit steriod use. My guess is that either her conscience had been eating away at her over the years and got the better of her.... OR ..... the feds had finally come up with enough prove on her using drugs and therfore her only option now was to admit it publicly so as to get a lesser jail sentence when the facts finally come to court.

I'm guessing her coach dimed her out. I think he was the guy who originally sent the sample of "the clear" to the.... whatever governing/testing agency it was.

 

[kdogg3270]

this is just heartbreaking...all i can do is shake my head

 

[moblack]

Ashame that folks on here don't read the news to understand why she gave that shit up.

 

[leemajors]

She had no choice, but that aint half her problem. Regardless of her public apology and her open admittance they still gonna throw her ass in prison, that's when her true nightmare and shame will really begin.

I am still puzzled as to why she would now openly admit steriod use. My guess is that either her conscience had been eating away at her over the years and got the better of her.... OR ..... the feds had finally come up with enough prove on her using drugs and therfore her only option now was to admit it publicly so as to get a lesser jail sentence when the facts finally come to court.

Her coach was going to testify against her and she could have received a 10 yr sentence if a trial would have commenced. It's either 6months or 10 yrs in prison.

 

[Riggz]

it really sucks for those people that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in those events

 

[Duffle_Bag]

Will they be giving the medals to the people who finished behind her.

 

[Complex]

it really sucks for those people that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in those events

Yeah, because they might get the medals, but they don't get the experience of the moment of being the best in your sport

 

[leemajors]

it really sucks for those people that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in those events

Not really, They just didn't have names big enough for the feds to do investigations on them. Fucked up part is Marion Jones prolly would have won those titles without the usage of steriods. She's bankrupt, going to prison, and has not means to support herself or her kids. Now, that sucks.

 

[D-Nice 1]

She should've pulled an O.J. and switched them out for some fakes.

I know......shit ain't nothing to be joking about but I have to laugh to keep from frowning up at this shit.

D-Nice 1 (The Nice One)

 

[slimgoodbody]

Not really, They just didn't have names big enough for the feds to do investigations on them. Fucked up part is Marion Jones prolly would have won those titles without the usage of steriods. She's bankrupt, going to prison, and has not means to support herself or her kids. Now, that sucks.

Is she married?

 

[glueguy]

Its a shame what lengths people will go to get fame and glory.

yeah like you wouldn't have done the same

 

[Player+]

They should test the rest of the US Team...

 

[The Black HHH]

Damn.
Damn damn damn.

 

[modelmaker]

i'd still fuck... jail, drugs, and kids included.. (capt sav a ho)

 

[Mr.Bizkits]

I don't get it... America and it's double standards...

Put yourself in her position. If you could take a secret pill that could make you better at whatever job that you do in competition of your co-workers, would you take it? Or would you do it the fair way and end up unemployed because you had pride. Fuck that.

People act like she's some kind of cheater smh

 

[midnight410]

fuck...i used to idolize this muthafucka...

 

[blackles]

It's a shame...what were the German, Russian..etc teams taking in previous Olympics?

 

[djdez]

sad...

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

I don't get it... America and it's double standards...

Put yourself in her position. If you could take a secret pill that could make you better at whatever job that you do in competition of your co-workers, would you take it? Or would you do it the fair way and end up unemployed because you had pride. Fuck that.

People act like she's some kind of cheater smh

huh??????? We aint talking about speed, No Doz, or Amphetamines.....which may be illegal too ..... We're talking a person with world class speed trying to win by any mean necessary

 

[ronmch20]

fuck...i used to idolize this muthafucka...

Why does she have to be all that?. And who gives a fuck about you or your opinions.
STFU.

 

[Professor]

If u ain't cheating then u ain't trying. It's only cheating if u get caught. Just like anything else in life that is the moral of this story. Pretty much that is the rule of thumb I live by.

I don't blame her for what she did whether intentionally or unintentionally(as she claims).

 

[Swole718]

I always wondered why people that know they takin bullshit and win TAKE the glory without conscience! I mean how do you cash the check, take the medals or accept rock star treatment when YOU KNOW YOU CHEATED! that goes for any person in any fuckin thing in life. prolly why I didn't make it as a free agent with the Redskins because I wasn't on some illegal shit. shit ain't that important to me I guess.

 

[jblaque]

Damn.

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