Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson is an African American former athlete. She was the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, which she later relinquished after admitting to steroid use.
Champion sprinter Marion Jones rewrote the record books at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia when she became the first woman to win five medals in track events within the same Olympic Games.
In October 2007, Jones admitted to having taken steroids before the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. As a result of these admissions, Jones has accepted a two-year suspension. The United States Anti-Doping Agency stated that the sanction “also requires disqualification of all her competitive results obtained after September 1, 2000, and forfeiture of all medals, results, points and prizes.” On October 5, 2007, she pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators in the BALCO steroid investigation in the U.S. District Court.She announced her retirement from track and field the same day
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