USATF statement on the sentencing of Marion Jones

published 7 months, 26 days ago, submitted by brad 7 months, 26 days ago

Statement from USA Track & Field President Bill Roe and CEO Craig Masback on the sentencing of Marion Jones to six months in prison: read more...

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Marion Jones - Anti-Doping News

published 8 months, 14 days ago, submitted by ActiveKix 8 months, 14 days ago

"Marion Jones used several different performance-enhancing drugs over a substantial period of time, according to a detailed doping calendar that was part of several pages of court documents released Friday." read more...

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Gosper says relay teammates should give them up

published 10 months, 20 days ago, submitted by brad 10 months, 20 days ago

SENIOR Olympic powerbroker Kevan Gosper says the relay teammates of drug cheat Marion Jones should be stripped of their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics. read more...

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Jones, juice, and joylessness

published 10 months, 26 days ago, submitted by brad 10 months, 26 days ago

"When you come right down to it, I’ve never been entirely sold on the idea that sprinters are really part of my sport. Marion Jones has as little to do with the sport I participate in as Mia Hamm—maybe less. This is willful naivite on my part, because the general public doesn’t see “distance running” as significantly different from the greater sport of “athletics” (track and field, in this country.) " read more...

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Track and Olympic officials come down hard on Jones

published 10 months, 28 days ago, submitted by brad 10 months, 28 days ago

The International Association of Athletics Federations plans to apply its rules to the fullest extent and seek to recover prize money and appearance fees from Marion Jones in addition to stripping her of Olympic and world championship medals, an IAAF spokesman says. read more...

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US Olympic Committee apologises for Jones shame

published 10 months, 22 days ago, submitted by brad 10 months, 28 days ago

THE United States Olympic Committee has publicly apologised to the organisers and competitors of the 2000 Sydney Games and the Australian public after disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones admitted to using steroids. read more...

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THE US Olympic Committee (USOC) is urging the women who ran in the sam

published 10 months, 29 days ago, submitted by brad 10 months, 29 days ago

"We do not think that the relay medals were won fairly and we urge the athletes to return their medals,'' USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth said in the wake of Jones's admission to steroids use. read more...

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'Thanou deserves Marion Jones' Sydney gold' - Telegraph

published 10 months, 30 days ago, submitted by tsumner1 10 months, 30 days ago

"The lawyer for Katerina Thanou, the Greek sprinter who finished second behind disgraced drug cheat Marion Jones in the Olympic 100metres final in Sydney, yesterday called on the International Olympic Committee to award her the gold medal." read more...

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